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Guiding Movement by Coupling Taus

Lee, David·1998·Ecological Psychology
DOI 10.1207/s15326969eco103&4_4
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Studies of sensory guidance of movement in animals show that large nervous systems are not necessary for accurate control, suggesting that guidance may be based on some simple principles. In search for those principles, a theory of guidance of movement is described, which has its roots in Gibson's pathfinding work on visual control of locomotion (J. J. Gibson, 1958/this issue). The theory is based on the use of the simple but powerful variable tau, the time-to-closure of a gap at the current gap closure rate (whatever the gap's dimension—distance, angle, force, etc.); and on the principle of tau-coupling (keeping two Ts in constant ratio). In this article, I show how tau-coupling could be used to synchronize movements and regulate their kinematics. Supportive experimental results are reported. I also show theoretically how sensory-taus, defined on sensory input arrays, can specify motion-taus through tau-coupling; how the braking procedure of keeping tau.dot stable is a particular case of tau.coupling; and how tools for steering (e.g., limbs, whole bodies, cars, or aircraft) could be built from tau-couplings, which would enable steering control in a variety of situations, including steering straight and curved courses to goals, steering and controlling speed at the same time, steering around obstacles, and asymptoting on surfaces as when landing. Some movements also involve intrinsic guidance from within, and a hypothesis on intrinsic guidance by tau is introduced, supported by experiments spanning different activities.

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Authors
Lee, D.
Corresponding author
Lee, David
Venue
Ecological Psychology
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1998-09-01
Volume
10
Issue
3
Pages
221-250
ISSN
1040-7413 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1207/s15326969eco103&4_4
OpenAlex
W4231766918
Cited by
290
References
38
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Ecological Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Keywords
tau protein, closure time, gap closure, visual control of locomotion, motor synchronization, movement kinematics, steering control, braking, path finding

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