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Motor control as adaptational biology: Relevance to education and rehabilitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Gary Goldberg  and
Nathaniel H. Mayer
Gary Goldberg
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Temple University School of Medicine and Moss Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. 19141
Nathaniel H. Mayer
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Temple University School of Medicine and Moss Rehabilitation Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. 19141
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , December 1988 , pp. 717 - 719
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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