Premotor cortex is critical for goal-directed actions

Shifting between motor plans is often necessary for adaptive behavior. When faced with changing consequences of one’s actions, it is often imperative to switch from automatic actions to deliberative and controlled actions. The presupplementary motor area (pre-SMA) in primates, akin to the premotor c...

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Main Authors: Christina eGremel, Rui eCosta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncom.2013.00110/full