Reductive and Emergent Views on Motor Learning in Rehabilitation Practice.
To allow different views on motor learning to inform rehabilitation research, the authors aimed to explicate a frequently missed yet fundamental difference in starting point of such views. By considering how rehabilitation in practice answers the question of what parts an activity consists of, reductive and emergent approaches to motor learning are identified and traced throughout rehabilitation practice. The authors show that when a task is cut up along reductive dimensions while also apparently relying on emergent components, this unequally favors the reductive approach and acts to limit the views on motor learning available. By showing the approaches in practice, the authors hope to inspire an awareness that brings both approaches the opportunity to independently inform research so that new theories and practices can proliferate.
a University of Groningen , University Medical Center Groningen , the Netherlands.
Ludger
L
van Dijk
a University of Groningen , University Medical Center Groningen , the Netherlands.
Corry
C
van der Sluis
a University of Groningen , University Medical Center Groningen , the Netherlands.
Raoul M
RM
Bongers
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods*
activities of daily living; body functions; emergence; motor skills; reduction; transfer of training