Perceptible goals matter, but let's not overdo it!
F. Mechsner's (2004) Imaginative experiments underscored the importance of perceptual-cognitive factors in motor control. However, his account of motor planning is in need of precise operational definitions of its key concepts; the importance of neuromuscular constraints and coordinative stability is not acknowledged in his view on motor execution; and his account of motor learning is challenged by both empirical and anecdotal observations.
Beek
Peter J
PJ
Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. p_j_beek@fbw.vu.nl
Peper
C Lieke E
CL
D004576:Electromyography; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D009048:Motor Skills; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology