Learning Movement Patterns is Possible With Active Motor Cortex

Skilled motor movements, like those used in playing tennis, playing a piano, etc, require precise interactions between the motor cortex and the rest of the brain. Neuroscientists had long assumed that the motor cortex functioned something like a piano keyboard. "Every time you wanted to hear a specific note, there was a specific key to press," says Andrew Peters, a neurobiologist at UC San Diego's Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior. "In other words, every ...

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