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How are cognition and movement control related to each other?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2004

Maurizio Gentilucci*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università di Parma, 43100Parma, Italy
Sergio Chieffi*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Università di Napoli II, 80100Naples, Italy

Abstract:

Our commentary focuses, first, on Glover's proposal that only motor planning is sensitive to cognitive aspects of the target object, whereas the on-line control is completely immune to them. We present behavioural data showing that movement phases traditionally (and by Glover) thought to be under on-line control, are also modulated by object cognitive aspects. Next, we present data showing that some aspects of cognition can be coded by means of movement planning. We propose a reformulation of Glover's theory to include both an influence of cognition on on-line movement control, and a mutual influence between motor planning and some aspects of cognition.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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