TO BRING TOGETHER DATA RELEVANT TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN MOVEMENT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO LEARNING, THE TEXT SURVEYS THE CONCERN OF SEVERAL DISCIPLINES WITH MOTOR BEHAVIOR AND LEARNING. WORDS AND DEFINITIONS ARE ESTABLISHED, AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN ACTION SYSTEM IS DISCUSSED. A CONSIDERATION OF PERCEPTION TREATS THE PROCESS OF PERCEPTION, INSTRUCTIONS AND INPUT, PERCEPTIONS OF THE SELF AND NEAR SPACE, AND VISUAL-SPACE PERCEPTION. MATURATION, MOTIVATION, SOCIAL MOTIVES, AND ANXIETY, STRESS, AND TENSION ARE INCLUDED IN A DISCUSSION OF THE PERFORMER (LEARNER). MOVEMENT BEHAVIOR AND ABILITY TRAITS ARE ANALYZED IN TERMS OF NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, PERSONAL EQUATIONS IN MOVEMENT, COMMUNICATION THROUGH MOVEMENT, AND ABILITY TRAITS. THE TREATMENT OF LEARNING REVIEWS NEUROLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL BASES OF LEARNING AND RETENTION, PERCEPTUAL MOTOR LEARNING BASED UPON PERFORMANCE MEASURES, PRACTICE FACTORS IN LEARNING AND RETENTION, TRANSFER, AND AN OVERVIEW. A BIBLIOGRAPHY CITES 1,000 REFERENCES. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM LEA/FEBIGER, 600 SOUTH WASHINGTON SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19106, FOR $7.50. (DF)