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  • Motor control
  • Computational neuroscience
  • Biomechanics

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  • Movement duration is traditionally viewed as a preprogrammed parameter.
  • An alternative perspective suggests movement duration arises from the control policy itself.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if movement duration emerges from control policies.
  • To model human reaching behavior using optimal feedback control and nonlinear dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized infinite horizon optimal feedback control (IHOFC) with nonlinear limb dynamics.
  • Extended the IHOFC framework to incorporate rewards and biomechanical costs.

Main Results:

  • Successfully reproduced human reaching behaviors, including Fitts's law.
  • Modeled temporal evolution of feedback responses and motor decisions in dynamic environments.

Conclusions:

  • Movement duration can emerge from task-dependent control policies, not necessarily requiring a priori specification.
  • This framework offers a candidate explanation for varied movement durations and challenges finite horizon formulations.