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Computational ideas developed within the control theory have limited relevance to control processes in living systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2004

Mark L. Latash*
Affiliation:
Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA16802
Anatol G. Feldman*
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Neurological Science Research Center, University of Montreal and Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, H3S 2J4, Canada

Abstract:

Exclusively focused on data that are consistent with the proposed ideas, the target article misses an opportunity to review data that are inconsistent with them. Weaknesses of the emulation theory become especially evident when one tries to incorporate physiologically realistic muscle and reflex mechanisms into it. In particular, it fails to resolve the basic posture-movement controversy.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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