The intelligent movement machine [[electronic resource] ] : an ethological perspective on the primate motor system / / Michael S.A. Graziano

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465827203321
• Autore: Graziano Michael S. A. <1967->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0-19-971679-X; 9786611925536; 1-281-92553-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Disciplina: 612.8/252
• Soggetti: Motor cortex - Physiology; Human locomotion; Animal locomotion; Primates - Physiology; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p.199-217) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Early experiments on motor cortex -- An integrative map of the body -- Hierarchy in the cortical motor system -- Neuronal control of movement -- What can be learned from electrical stimulation? -- Complex movements evoked by electrical stimulation of motor cortex -- The match between natural neuronal properties and stimulation-evoked movement -- The movement repertoire of monkeys -- Dimensionality reduction as a theory of motor cortex organization -- Feedback remapping and the cortical-spinal-muscular system -- Social implications of motor control.
• Sommario/riassunto: In The Intelligent Movement Machine: An Ethological Perspective on the Primate Motor System, Michael Graziano offers a fundamentally new theory of motor cortex organization: the rendering of the movement repertoire onto the cortex. The action repertoire of an animal is highly dimensional, whereas the cortical sheet is two-dimensional. Rendering the action space onto the cortex therefore results in a complex pattern, explaining the otherwise inexplicable details of the motor cortex ; organization. This clearly written book book includes a complete history of motor cortex research from its discove