"The Lambda Model Is Only One Piece in the Motor Control Puzzle" by Jeffrey Dean
 

The Lambda Model Is Only One Piece in the Motor Control Puzzle

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1995

Publication Title

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Disciplines

Biology

Abstract

The lambda model provides a physiologically grounded terminology for describing muscle function and emphasizes the important influence of environmental and reflex-mediated effects on final states. However, lambda itself is only a convenient point on the length-tension curve; its importance should not be overemphasized. Ascribing movement to changes in a lambda-based frame of reference is generally valid, but it leaves unanswered a number of questions concerning mechanisms. © 1995, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.

DOI

10.1017/S0140525X00040759

Volume

18

Issue

4

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