NEURAL MECHANISMS OF SYNERGY FORMATION

The paper discusses a neural modelling approach to synergy formation w hich is based on the concept that the elastic properties of the human musculature not only represent a significant low-level feature of the motor system, but can also provide an organizing principle for the glo bal computational architecture. The approach is based, on the one hand , on 'equilibrium-point models' and, on the other, on the dynamics of 'relaxation networks'.