Movement: readings and resources

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Video 1 (required)

Please watch this TedX talk by Rolf Pfeiffer, a roboticist with a great appreciation for the centrality of the body in the execution of movement

Video 2 (required, but only 7 seconds long)

In the spirit of the pioneering work of Eadward Muybridge, please enjoy this documentation of the movement of a vampire bat.

Video 3 (optional)

Here is an hour long documentary about Eadward Muybridge you may find interesting.

Reading 1 (optional)

In a representational framework, an account of Why can’t you tickle yourself?. Blakemore, S. J., Wolpert, D., & Frith, C. (2000)., Neuroreport, 11(11), R11-R16.

Reading 2 (optional)

Cummins, F. (2011). Periodic and aperiodic synchronization in skilled actionFrontiers in Human Neuroscience5, 170.