?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Neural+development+and+sensorimotor+control&rft.creator=Konczak%2C+J%C3%BCrgen&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.description=What+is+the+relationship+between+development+of+the+nervous+system+and+the+emergence+of+voluntary+motor+behavior%3F+This+is+the+central+question+of+the+nature-nurture+discussion+that+has+intrigued+child+psychologists+and+pediatric+neurologists+for+decades.+This+paper+attempts+to+revisit+this+issue.+Recent+empirical+evidence+on+how+infants+acquire+multi-joint+coordination+and+how+children+learn+to+adapt+to+novel+force+environments+will+be+discussed+with+reference+to+the+underlying+development+of+the+nervous+system.+The+claim+will+be+made+that+the+developing+human+nervous+system+by+no+means+constitutes+an+ideal+controller.+However%2C+its+redundancy%2C+its+ability+to+integrate+multi-modal+sensory+information+and+motor+commands+and+its+facility+of+time-critical+neural+plasticity+are+features+that+may+prove+to+be+useful+for+the+design+of+adaptive+robots.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Berthouze%2C+Luc&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Prince%2C+Christopher+G.&rft.contributor=Sandini%2C+Giulio&rft.contributor=Stojanov%2C+Georgi&rft.contributor=Metta%2C+Giorgio&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4068%2F1%2Fkonczak.pdf&rft.identifier=++Konczak%2C+J%C3%BCrgen++(2004)+Neural+development+and+sensorimotor+control.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4068%2F