Front cover image for The Intelligent Movement Machine : an Ethological Perspective on the Primate Motor System

The Intelligent Movement Machine : an Ethological Perspective on the Primate Motor System

This clearly written book includes a complete history of motor cortex research from its discovery to the present, a discussion of the major issues in motor cortex research, and an account of recent experiments that led to Graziano's 'action map' view
eBook, English, 2009
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009
1 online resource (ix, 224 pages) : illustrations
9780199716791, 9780199864867, 019971679X, 0199864861
311040349
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