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E-mail: nia@asu.edu

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Polemnia G. Amazeen, PhD, 1996, University of Connecticut

Cognitive systems

Research Interests: The application of nonlinear dynamics to motor coordination, motor learning, and locomotor-respiratory coupling (pacing your breathing during exercise).

Teaching: Introduction to Dynamical Systems; Dynamics and Complexity; Learning and Motivation; Research Methods

Selected Publications:

Amazeen, P. G. (2002). Is dynamics the content of a generalized motor program for rhythmic interlimb coordination? Journal of Motor Behavior, 34, 233-251.

Amazeen, P. G., Amazeen, E. L., & Beek, P. J. (in press). Patterns of locomotor-respiratory coupling during manual wheelchair propulsion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.

Amazeen, P. G., Amazeen, E. L., & Turvey, M. T. (1998). Breaking the reflectional symmetry of interlimb coordination dynamics. Journal of Motor Behavior, 30, 199-216.

Amazeen, P. G., Amazeen, E. L., & Turvey, M. T. (1998). Dynamics of human intersegmental coordination: Theory and research. In D. A. Rosenbaum & C. E. Collyer (Eds.), Timing of behavior: Neural, computational, and psychological perspectives (pp. 237-259). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Mitra, S., Amazeen, P. G., & Turvey, M. T. (1998). Intermediate motor learning as decreasing active (dynamical) degrees of freedom. Human Movement Science, 17,17-65.