Linear non-equilibrium thermodynamics of human voluntary behavior: a canonical-dissipative Fokker-Planck equation approach involving potentials beyond the harmonic oscillator case

A novel experimental paradigm and a novel modelling approach are presented to investigate oscillatory human motor performance by means of a key concept from condensed matter physics, namely, thermodynamic state variables. To this end, in the novel experimental paradigm participants performed pendulu...

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Main Authors: J.M. Gordon, S. Kim, T.D. Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Condensed Matter Physics 2016-09-01
Series:Condensed Matter Physics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5488/CMP.19.34001