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  • Motor Control

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  • Living systems utilize sensorimotor contingencies to develop functional geometries that shape perception and movement.
  • Human movements adhere to empirical laws like the 2/3 power law, isochrony, and jerk minimization.
  • These motor laws can be derived from Euclidean, affine, and equi-affine geometries, with neural correlates in the cerebellum and basal ganglia.

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  • The cerebellum and cerebrum may function as geometric machines, as hypothesized by Pellionisz and Llinas.
  • The cerebellum is proposed to implement or select task-specific geometries for motor and cognitive skills.
  • Specifically, the cerebellum might compute forward internal models to aid cortical and subcortical regions in selecting appropriate geometries (e.g., Euclidean, affine).

Key Insights:

  • Cerebellar function may involve the computation and selection of task-specific geometric transformations.
  • Empirical laws of human movement are explainable through geometric principles.
  • Neural correlates for these geometries are found in motor control-related brain areas.

Outlook:

  • Further investigation into the cerebellum's geometric role is warranted.
  • This geometric perspective could enhance understanding of both motor and associative (cognitive) functions.
  • Renewed interest in the cerebellum's geometric computations may bridge the gap between low-level motor control and higher-level cognition.