When1: 1947
When2: 1966
Who: Nicholas A. Bernstein [Bernstein, Nicholas A.]
What: physiologist
Where: Russia
works\ On the Construction of Movements [1947]; Coordination and Regulation of Movements [1967]
Detail: He lived 1896 to 1966 and developed sensation fields {afferent field, Bernstein}. He studied feedback and feedforward mechanisms. He studied human coordination and movement physiology by photographing lights fastened to arms and legs. Human movements have patterns and structures, and people maintain basic patterns no matter which organ or limb they use [Bernstein, 1947].
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