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Neuropsychological and Neuroanatomic Aspects of Complex Motor Control

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The different roles of the right and left hemispheres have been of great interest to investigators examining the organization and control of voluntary movements. Although the role of the left hemisphere traditionally has been emphasized (Liepmann, 1913), more recent studies provide some evidence for special right hemisphere competencies (Watson, Fleet, Gonzalez-Rothi, and Heilman, 1986). Just as the appreciation of the right hemisphere’s independent role in language (Perecman, 1983) has improved our understanding of language processing and its neural correlates, differentiation of the individual and coordinated roles of the two hemispheres in the control of voluntary movement should improve our understanding of movement control. In addition, very little is known about how different parts of each hemisphere control movement. Early theories placed equal emphasis on the roles of frontal and parietal areas (Liepmann, 1913; Geschwind, 1965), but more recent data have suggested that the parietal lobe is particularly important (Heilman & Gonzalez-Rothi, 1985; DeRenzi, Faglioni, Lodesoni, & Vecchi, 1983), at least with regard to limb praxis and hand posturing.

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Haaland, K.Y., Yeo, R.A. (1989). Neuropsychological and Neuroanatomic Aspects of Complex Motor Control. In: Bigler, E.D., Yeo, R.A., Turkheimer, E. (eds) Neuropsychological Function and Brain Imaging. Critical Issues in Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2534-3_8

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