The role of motor cortex in the acquisition and production of learned motor sequences

Motor skill learning underlies much of what we do, be it hitting a tennis serve, playing the piano, or simply brushing our teeth. Yet despite its importance, little is known about the neural circuits that implement the learning process or how the motor program is represented in the brain. Here I exp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kawai, Risa
Other Authors: Olveczky, Bence P
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2014
Subjects:
rat
Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11492
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274537