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Electrophysiological Approaches to Bimanual Coordination in Primates

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Neuro-Behavioral Determinants of Interlimb Coordination

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Neuronal activity in primates has been used to address two different questions. The first is what part, or parts of the brain mediate bimanual coordination. The second is how the activity of different parts of the brain is coordinated to achieve bimanual coordination. The answers to both questions are preliminary, but we outline the evidence for a widespread network using both rate coding and temporal coding to mediate bimanual coordination. We also address the relevance of monkey studies to human bimanual coordination.

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    Opher Donchin

  2. Institut für Arbeitsphysiologie, Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

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Donchin, O., de Oliveira, S.C. (2004). Electrophysiological Approaches to Bimanual Coordination in Primates. In: Swinnen, S.P., Duysens, J. (eds) Neuro-Behavioral Determinants of Interlimb Coordination. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9056-3_6

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