Three-Dimensional Kinematics of the Eye,Head and Limb Movements

Author: Michael Fetter
Published: September 1997
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
ISBN: 905702148X
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 463

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The 19th-century pioneers of motor physiology used the mathematics of motion, known as kinematics, to describe the laws of human movement and to deduce the neural control principles underlying these laws. After long neglect the kinematic approach is now resurging, fortified with modern computers and electrophysiology.Mirroring this trend, three-dimensional analysis of eye, head and limb movements has become increasingly popular during the last ten years. Many scientists, however, still have problems with geometrically correct data handling. Furthermore, many clinicians realize the importance of studying movements in all degrees of freedom, since, after all, that is what motor systems have to control. In this book, some of the world's leading scientists of motor control discuss how the brain represents and transforms the kinematic variable of movement. Background chapters explain the basic concepts of noncommutativity, redundancy, and the classical laws - and their application to normal

Table of Contents:

Kinematic Principles of 3D Gaze Control
Listing’s Law: Visual, Motor or Visuomotor?
Physiology of 3D Eye Movements:
Saccades and Vergence
Monocular and Binocular Constraints on Eye Orientation
Physiology
of 3D Eye Movements: Smooth Pursuit and Vestibuloocular Reflex
Interaction of Smooth Pursuit
and Vestibuloocular Reflex in Three Dimensions
History of 3D Eye Movement Research
3D Eye Movement Analysis as a Diagnostic Tool
The Effect of Mesencephalic Lesions on 3D Eye Movements
Principles for the Control of
Kinematically Redundant Limbs
Kinematic Constraints on the Neural Control of Reaching
New
Orbital Constraints on Eye Rotation
Modeling Three Dimensional Vestibular Responses During
Complex Motion Simulation
Measurement and Analysis Techniques for 3D Eye Movements
Rapid Scan Video-Oculography for Measurement of Rapid Eye-Movements

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