Random walk of motor planning in task-irrelevant dimensions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 969-977

  van Beers, Robert J ^a   Brenner, Eli ^a   Smeets, Jeroen B J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Motor learning; Motor noise; Motor planning; Random walk; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOISE; OSCILLATION; PLANNING; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 84874026933     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00706.2012     Document Type: Article

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