Optimal feedback control and the neural basis of volitional motor control

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 532-544

  Scott, Stephen H ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; COGNITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE CELL; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TORQUE;

EID: 3042755702     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn1427     Document Type: Review

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