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  • Developmental neuroscience
  • Motor control
  • Computational biology

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  • Human coordinated behaviors rely on large-scale sensorimotor interaction.
  • Spontaneous bodily movements in early development are hypothesized to structure sensorimotor interactions.
  • The precise role of task-free movements in organizing sensorimotor interactions during early development is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the structuration process of sensorimotor interaction in neonates and 3-month-old infants.
  • To understand how spontaneous movements shape sensorimotor interactions throughout the body.
  • To explore age-related changes in sensorimotor organization.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized motion capture and musculoskeletal simulation to analyze sensorimotor information flow.
  • Extracted spatial modules and temporal states from muscle activity and proprioception data.
  • Compared sensorimotor patterns between neonates and 3-month-old infants.

Main Results:

  • Early spontaneous movements generated body-dependent sensorimotor modules with age-related changes.
  • Sensorimotor interactions exhibited non-random temporal fluctuations, similar to neural activity.
  • Recurring state sequence patterns increased significantly from neonates to infants.

Conclusions:

  • Spontaneous movements induce spatiotemporal structuration of sensorimotor interactions during early development.
  • These movements, regulated through embodiment, contribute to the development of coordinated behaviors.
  • Findings link early spontaneous movements to spontaneous neuronal activity via shared spatiotemporal characteristics.