This website reports on an investigation of physical action as a simple skill based on rotation about the major joints of the body.
An important focus of this investigation are the components and functions of controlling action. The skill is abstracted into a minimalist theoretical model that can be explored computationally, where the dynamics of the process are displayed visually on a Web page using SVG.
This investigation is part of a larger project investigating language comprehension. In short, language comprehension is seen as a skill that is based on yet other skills that in turn have evolved biologically, socially, and individually.
The site tends to be in a bit of a mess, as I keep changing it as I am working on the ideas. I should take the time to clean it all up, but somehow it rarely happens. If you are interested in the subject, and have comments or questions, please contact me via email: drrainer@gmail.com
This work is dedicated to my many mentors including Ernie Lindner in Saskatoon, Reginald Robson at UBC, Arthur Burks and my thesis committee at Michigan.
Rainer von Königslöw, Toronto, 2006
Display of the diagrams requires SVG. SVG support is widely available, directly or with a plug-in such as the SVG viewer from Adobe.com for Internet Explorer. The animated diagrams require SMIL support as well. Most browsers are moving toward support of SVG+SMIL. The Opera browser seems to be the most reliable currently (as of August 2009).