Motor Skills Books

New and Published Books

1. Language and Action in Cognitive Neuroscience

   Edited by Yann Coello, Angela Bartolo

   Series: Contemporary Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience

   This book collates the most up to date evidence from behavioural, brain imagery and stroke-patient studies, to discuss the ways in which cognitive and neural processes are responsible for language processing. Divided into six sections, the edited volume presents arguments from evolutionist,...

   Published November 4th 2012 by Psychology Press
2. The Neurocognition of Dance

   Mind, Movement and Motor Skills

   Edited by Bettina Bläsing, Martin Puttke, Thomas Schack

   Dance has always been an important aspect of all human cultures, and the study of human movement and action has become a topic of increasing relevance over the last decade, bringing dance into the focus of the cognitive sciences. This book discusses the wide range of interrelations between body...

   Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press
3. Developing Talent Across the Lifespan

   Edited by PETER HEYMANS, CORNELIS F M VAN LIESHOUT

   This volume presents fascinating new theoretical perspectives and empirical findings on the life-span development of talent. It shows how talents are the result of the acquisition of a sequence of skills and how the acquisition of these skills is facilitated by changes in the individual's...

   Published March 15th 2000 by Psychology Press
4. Perception and Action: Recent Advances in Cognitive Neuropsychology

   A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology

   Edited by Jean Decety

   Series: Special Issues of Cognitive Neuropsychology

   Perception and Action have long been considered as two separate information processes and have accordingly been investigated in relative isolation from one another. However, it is now acknowledged that perception and action are functionally related. This special issue presents original...

   Published January 24th 1999 by Psychology Press
5. The Motor Impaired Child

   By Mrs Myra Tingle, Myra Tingle

   The Motor Impaired Child provides a wealth of information and practical guidance for teachers on both the social and educational implications of impairment. Issues covered include working with parents, physical disability in childhood, and the problems posed by limited mobility. Practical advice...

   Published April 16th 1990 by Routledge