title: Dynamics of a bouncing ball in human performance.
abstract: On the basis of a modified bouncing-ball model, we investigated whether human movements utilize principles of dynamic stability in their performance of a similar movement task. Stability analyses of the model provided predictions about conditions indicative of a dynamically stable period-one regime. In a series of experiments, human subjects bounced a ball rhythmically on a racket and displayed these conditions supporting that they attuned to and exploited the dynamic stability properties of the task.
authors: Department of Kinesiology, 266 Recreation Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Sternad
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Duarte
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Katsumata
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Schaal
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009068:Movement; D055585:Physical Phenomena; D010825:Physics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013715:Tennis; D013997:Time Factors