Encoding Temporal Features of Skilled Movements-What, Whether and How? Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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In order to reliably produce intelligible speech or fluently play a melody on a piano, learning the precise timing of muscle activations is essential. Surprisingly, the fundamental question of how memories of complex temporal dynamics of movement are stored across the brain is still unresolved. This review outlines the constraints that determine whether and how the timing of skilled movements is represented in the central nervous system and introduces different computational and neural mechanisms that can be harnessed for temporal encoding. It concludes by proposing a schematic model of how these different mechanisms may complement and interact with each other in fast feedback loops to achieve skilled motor timing.
Keywords
- Brain, Humans, Learning, Movement, Psychomotor Performance, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Progress in Motor Control |
| Editors | Jozsef Laczko, Mark L. Latash |
| Pages | 35-54 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Volume | 957 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 978-3-319-47313-0 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 |