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Past, Present, and Emerging Principles in the Neural Encoding of Movement

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Ebner, T.J., Hendrix, C.M., Pasalar, S. (2009). Past, Present, and Emerging Principles in the Neural Encoding of Movement. In: Sternad, D. (eds) Progress in Motor Control. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 629. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77064-2_7

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