A synergy-based hand control is encoded in human motor cortical areas

A synergy-based hand control is encoded in human motor cortical areas

How the human brain controls hand movements to carry out different tasks is still debated. The concept of synergy has been proposed to indicate functional modules that may simplify the control of hand postures by simultaneously recruiting sets of muscles and joints. However, whether and to what exte...

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Main Authors: Andrea Leo, Giacomo Handjaras, Matteo Bianchi, Hamal Marino, Marco Gabiccini, Andrea Guidi, Enzo Pasquale Scilingo, Pietro Pietrini, Antonio Bicchi, Marco Santello, Emiliano Ricciardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-02-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
hand control
synergies
fMRI
encoding
decoding
motor cortex
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/13420

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https://elifesciences.org/articles/13420

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