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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795853603321

Autore

Graziano Michael S. A. <1967->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-971679-X

1-281-92553-5

9786611925536

Descrizione fisica

ix, 224 p. : ill

Disciplina

612.8/252

Soggetti

Motor cortex - Physiology

Human locomotion

Animal locomotion

Primates - Physiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

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.