Tutorials in Motor Neuroscience

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Stimulus-Response Coding in Four Classes of Stimulus-Response Ensembles....Pages 3-15
The Prevalence of Salient-Features Coding in Choice-Reaction Tasks....Pages 17-26
Stimulus-Response Compatibility and Psychophysiology....Pages 27-28
Possible Neural Correlates for the Mechanism of Stimulus-Response Association in the Monkey....Pages 29-39
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Infant Motor Development: Implications for Motor Neuroscience....Pages 43-57
Frequent Augmented Feedback Can Degrade Learning: Evidence and Interpretations....Pages 59-75
There must be a Catch in it Somewhere!....Pages 77-85
Bimanual Movement Control: Dissociating the Metrical and Structural Specifications of Upper-Limb Movements....Pages 87-94
The Perceptual-Motor Workspace and the Acquisition of Skill....Pages 95-108
Effect of Practice on the Kinematics of Reaching Movements Made to Moving Targets....Pages 109-120
Experimental Studies of Behavioral Attractors and Their Evolution with Learning....Pages 121-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Basal Ganglia Impairment and Force Control....Pages 137-148
Force Amplitude and Force Duration in Parkinsonian Handwriting....Pages 149-160
Scaling Problems in Parkinson’s Disease....Pages 161-174
Coordination of Reaching and Grasping in Prosthetic and Normal Limbs....Pages 175-188
Self-Induced Versus Reactive Triggering of Synchronous Hand and Heel Movement in Young and Old Subjects....Pages 189-196
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Two Modes of Coordination Between Movement and Posture....Pages 199-208
Afferent Control of Posture....Pages 209-222
The Dissociation of Motor Sequences in Controlling Landing from a Jump....Pages 223-229
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Analogic and Symbolic Aspects in Distributed Motor Control....Pages 233-252
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Outline for a Theory of Motor Learning....Pages 253-268
A Quantitative Model of Graphic Production....Pages 269-281
On the Origin of Asymmetric Bell-Shaped Velocity Profiles in Rapid-Aimed Movements....Pages 283-295
Several Effectors for a Single Act: Coordination and Cooperation....Pages 297-304
An Intermittency Mechanism for Coherent and Flexible Brain and Behavioral Function....Pages 305-310
Front Matter....Pages 311-311
Initiation and Execution of Movement: A Unified Approach....Pages 313-332
Neural Basis of Movement Representations....Pages 333-345
Correlates of Preparation of Arm Reach Parameters in Parietal Area 7A of the Cerebral Cortex....Pages 347-356
Equilibrium Control Vectors Subserving Rapid Goal-Directed Arm Movements....Pages 357-367
Front Matter....Pages 369-369
Cognition and Motor Programming....Pages 371-383
Levels of Organisation and the Planning of Movement Sequences: Sequential Evidence....Pages 385-396
Structural Facilitation of Movement Sequence Planning....Pages 397-412
Bifurcations in Polyrhythmic Tapping: In Search of Farey Principles....Pages 413-431
Front Matter....Pages 433-433
Kinematic Transformations for Arm Movements in Three-Dimensional Space....Pages 435-442
The Integration of “Noise” into the Structure of Movements....Pages 443-456
Reaching to Visual Targets: Coordinate Systems Representation in Premotor and Motor Cortices....Pages 457-462
Visual Guidance of Pointing Movements: Kinematic Evidence for Static and Kinetic Feedback Channels....Pages 463-475
The Cortico-Motor Substrate for Skilled Movements of the Primate Hand....Pages 477-495
Front Matter....Pages 497-497
The Dynamic Control of Single Joint Movements....Pages 499-515
Central and Peripheral Control of Dynamics in Finger Movements and Precision Grip....Pages 517-527
Front Matter....Pages 497-497
Central Gating of Myotatic Responses in Elbow Muscles....Pages 529-533
Human Jaw Motion Control in Mastication and Speech....Pages 535-543
Front Matter....Pages 545-545
Current Views on the Mechanisms of Eye-Head Coordination....Pages 547-561
Plasticity of Metrical and Dynamical Aspects of Saccadic Eye Movements....Pages 563-579
Two-Dimensional Control of Trajectories Towards Unconsciously Detected Double Step Targets....Pages 581-598
“Delayed VOR” : An Assessment of Vestibular Memory for Self Motion....Pages 599-607
Front Matter....Pages 609-609
Further Considerations on the Cellular Mechanisms of Neuronal Plasticity....Pages 611-624
Lesion-Induced Plasticity of the Pyramidal Tract during Development in the Cat....Pages 625-640
On the Role of the Ventrolateral Thalamus in Motor Recovery after Brain Damage....Pages 641-647
Back Matter....Pages 649-672