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Voluntary hand movements and brain relations
Author(s) -
Robinson Richard O.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb12348.x
Subject(s) - macaque , primate , psychology , neuroscience , nonhuman primate , movement (music) , positron emission tomography , cognitive psychology , cognitive science , biology , philosophy , evolutionary biology , aesthetics
Very little is known directly about the physiology of central movement control in the child. Anatomy is inferred from primate studies, largely those of the macaque monkey. Brain‐behaviour relations are derived from adult volunteers, most recently using positron emission tomography (PET) and functional MR1 (fMRI). What follows is not an authoritative account, but one that highlights some of the more recent information gleaned from studies in the held.