Preparing for Speed. Focus on “Preparatory Activity in Premotor and Motor Cortex Reflects the Speed of the Upcoming Reach” | Zendy

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Preparing for Speed. Focus on “Preparatory Activity in Premotor and Motor Cortex Reflects the Speed of the Upcoming Reach”

Author(s) -

Paul Cisek

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

journal of neurophysiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302

H-Index - 245

eISSN - 1522-1598

pISSN - 0022-3077

DOI - 10.1152/jn.00857.2006

Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , movement (music) , premotor cortex , computer science , neurophysiology , motor cortex , psychology , focus (optics) , neuroscience , cognitive science , cognitive psychology , history , medicine , physics , dorsum , anatomy , stimulation , optics , philosophy , archaeology , aesthetics

It is generally accepted that movements can be prepared before their execution, but what preparation entails is not precisely understood. Some computational models suggest that preparation involves the optimization of a “desired trajectory” that describes the movement in its entirety, prior to

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