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Coordinating actions

P Haggard1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University College London. p.haggard@ucl.ac.uk

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. A, Human Experimental Psychology
|February 5, 1998
PubMed
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Coordination in the motor system involves actively sharing movement progress between submovements. This active information sharing, crucial for skilled actions, differs from simple stimulus reactions.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Motor Control
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Complex motor actions are built from simpler submovements.
  • Coordination ensures submovements occur in appropriate temporal and spatial relationships.

Discussion:

  • Coordination involves active information sharing about movement state, distinct from external stimulus reactions.
  • Predictive representations likely play a key role in motor coordination.
  • Coordination processes are organized into response-specific, independent neural circuits.

Key Insights:

  • Motor coordination is an active information-sharing process.
  • Predictive mechanisms are central to effective coordination.
  • Skill acquisition involves the development and refinement of specialized coordination circuits.

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Outlook:

  • Further research into predictive representations can illuminate coordination mechanisms.
  • Understanding these circuits may offer insights into motor skill development and rehabilitation.
  • Investigating the neural basis of response-specific circuits can advance motor control theories.