Timing of Behavior - Table of Contents

July 1998
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Timing of Behavior
Neural, Psychological, and Computational Perspectives
Edited by David A. Rosenbaum and Charles E. Collyer

	Foreword by Alan M. Wing

	Preface

	PART I NEURAL PERSPECTIVES

1	Predictive Timing under Temporal Uncertainty: The Time Derivative Model of the Conditioned Response. John W. Moore, June-Seek Choi, and Darlene H. Brunzell

			Abstract

		1.1	Introduction

		1.2	The TD Model of the Conditioned Response

		1.3	Formal Statement of the TD Model

		1.4	Simulations of CR Timing by the TD Model

		1.5	Prediction Strategies and CR Topography

		1.6	CR Topography Under Predictive Uncertainty

		1.7	Structure of Timing

		1.8	Implementation of TD Learning in the Cerebellum

		1.9	Summary and Conclusions

			Notes

			References

2	Sequencing and Timing Operations of the Basal Ganglia. Deborah L. Harrington and Kathleen Y. Haaland

			Abstract

		2.1	Introduction

		2.2	Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of the Basal Ganglia

		2.3	Cognitive-Motor Functions of the Basal Ganglia

		2.4	The Role of the Basal Ganglia in Programming Sequences

		2.5	The Role of the Basal Ganglia in Programming and Switching

		2.6	The Basal Ganglia as a Regulator of Timing

		2.7	Concluding Remarks

			Acknowledgments

			References

3	Interresponse Intervals in Continuation Tapping. Charles E. Collyer and Russell M. Church

			Abstract

		3.1	Introduction

		3.2	Continuation Tapping

		3.3	The Fine Structure of IRI Sequences: The Wing-Kristofferson Model

		3.4	Which Measure of Variability Grows Linearly with Duration?

		3.5	The Form of the IRI Distribution

		3.6	Accuracy of Reproduction: The Oscillator Signature

		3.7	A Multiple Oscillator Version of Scalar Timing

		3.8	The Temporal Spectrum Revisited

			Acknowledgments

			Notes

			References

4	Touching Surfaces for Control, Not Support. John J. Jeka

			Abstract

		4.1	Introduction

		4.2	Experimental Results

		4.3	Neurophysiological Mechanisms

		4.4	Timing and Perception-Action Coupling

		4.5	Summary

			Acknowledgments

			References

	PART II PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

5	The Perception of Segmentation in Sequences: Local Information Provides the Building Blocks for Global Structure. Steven M. Boker and Michael Kubovy

			Abstract

		5.1	Introduction

		5.2	Information Theory and Boundary Segmentation

		5.3	Methods

		5.4	Models

		5.5	Local Information Predictions

		5.6	Results

		5.7	Discussion

			Acknowledgments

			References

6	Musical Motion in Perception and Performance. Bruno H. Repp

			Abstract

		6.1	Introduction

		6.2	Experiment

		6.3	Discussion

			Acknowledgments

			Notes

			References

7	Concurrent Processing during Sequenced Finger Tapping. Heather Jane Barnes

			Abstract

		7.1	Introduction

		7.2	Method

		7.3	Results

		7.4	Discussion

			Acknowledgments

			References

8	Memory Mixing in Duration Bisection. Trevor B. Penney, Lorraine G. Allan, Warren H. Meck and John Gibbon

			Abstract

		8.1	Introduction

		8.2	Scalar Timing Model

		8.3	Signal Modality Experiments

		8.4	Modifications Of The Scalar Timing Model

		8.5	Stimulus Spacing

		8.6	Summary

			References

9	The Regulation of Contact in Rhythmic Tapping. Jonathan Vaughan, Tiffany R. Mattson and David A. Rosenbaum

			Abstract

		9.1	Introduction

		9.2	Method

		9.3	Results

		9.4	Discussion

			Acknowledgments

			References

	PART III COMPUTATIONAL PERSPECTIVES

10	Broadcast Theory of Timing. David A. Rosenbaum

			Abstract

		10.1	Introduction

		10.2	Broadcast Theory

		10.3	Clock Models Versus Coupled-Oscillator Models

		10.4	Special Intervals

		10.5	Perception of Time Intervals

		10.6	Common Timing for Perception and Production

		10.7	Final Remarks

			Acknowledgments

			References

11	Dynamics of Human Intersegmental Coordination: Theory and Research. Polemnia G. Amazeen, Eric L. Amazeen and Michael T. Turvey

			Abstract

		11.1	Introduction

		11.2	Historical Antecedents: Bernstein and von Holst

		11.3	Mathematical Formalisms

		11.4	Empirical Discoveries

		11.5	Implications and Future Directions

		11.6	Conclusion

			Acknowledgments

			References

12	Constraints in the Emergence of Preferred Locomotory Patterns. Kenneth G. Holt

			Abstract

		12.1	Introduction

		12.2	Degrees of Freedom and Context-Conditioned Variability

		12.3	Guidelines for a Solution

		12.4	The Concept and a Taxonomy of Constraints

		12.5	Constraints in Locomotion

		12.6	Dynamic Constraints on Gait

		12.7	The Force-Driven Hybrid (Pendulum and Spring) Model of Locomotion

		12.8	Optimality Constraints and the Hybrid Model

		12.9	Generalizability of the Hybrid Model

		12.10	Individual Constraints and the Hybrid Model

		12.11	Thermodynamic Constraints as a Basis for Gait Transitions

		12.12	Summary

			References

13	A Dynamical Model of the Coupling between Posture and Gait. Bruce A. Kay and William H, Warren, Jr.

			Abstract

		13.1	Introduction

		13.2	The Postural System

		13.3	The Locomotor System

		13.4	Parameterizing the Component Dynamics

		13.5	Coupling the Postural and Locomotor Systems

		13.6	The Complete Model and Its Successes

		13.7	The Model's Failures

		13.8	What Have We Learned?

		13.9	In Sum

			Acknowledgments

			Notes

			References

14	Dynamics of Human Gait Transitions. Frederick J. Diedrich and William H. Warren, Jr.

			Abstract

		14.1	Introduction

		14.2	The Origin of Organization

		14.3	Gait Transitions

		14.4	A Dynamical Approach

		14.5	Energetics of Locomotion

		14.6	Task Dynamics

		14.7	Conclusions

			Acknowledgments

			References

15	A Computational Model for Repetitive Motion. Kjeldy A. Haugsjaa, Kamal Souccar, Christopher I. Connolly and Roderic A. Grupen

			Abstract

		15.1	Introduction

		15.2	Discrete Configuration Space Representation

		15.3	Harmonic Potentials

		15.4	Energy-Referenced Control

		15.5	Simulation of the Human Leg

		15.6	Summary and Discussion

			Appendix 15.A

			Equation of Motion

			Acknowledgments

			References

	Contributors

	Author Index

	Subject Index

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