ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2015
How and why neural and motor variation are related.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Mapping the complexity of motor variability: From individual space of variability to motor fingerprints.Behavior research methods · 2025Article
- Pharyngeal Pressure Variability During Volitional Swallowing Maneuvers.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2022Article
- Atypical visual motion prediction abilities in autism spectrum disorder.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2021Article
- Perceptual-motor styles.Experimental brain research · 2021Review
- Swallowing Pressure Variability as a Function of Pharyngeal Region, Bolus Volume, Age, and Sex.The Laryngoscope · 2021Article
- Redundancy and multifunctionality among spinal locomotor networks.Journal of neurophysiology · 2020Article
- Increasing Muscle Speed Drives Changes in the Neuromuscular Transform of Motor Commands during Postnatal Development in Songbirds.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2020Article
- Sensorimotor Coding of Vermal Granule Neurons in the Developing Mammalian Cerebellum.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2019Article
- Fluctuations in Human Corticospinal Activity Prior to Grasp.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2019Article
- Methods for measuring swallowing pressure variability using high-resolution manometry.Frontiers in applied mathematics and statistics · 2018Article
- Individual Movement Variability Magnitudes Are Explained by Cortical Neural Variability.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2017Article
- Cerebellar granule cells acquire a widespread predictive feedback signal during motor learning.Nature neuroscience · 2017Article
- The importance of task design and behavioral control for understanding the neural basis of cognitive functions.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2016Review
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Abstract
Movements are variable. Recent findings in smooth pursuit eye movements provide an explanation for motor variation in terms of the organization of the brain's sensory-motor pathways. Variation in sensory estimation is propagated through sensory-motor circuits and ultimately causes motor variation. The sensory origin of motor variation creates trial-by-trial correlations among the responses of neurons at each level of the sensory motor circuit, and between neural and behavioral responses. We suggest that motor variation is a compromise between multiple competing constraints. The brain strives for motor behavior that is 'good enough' in the face of constraints that tend to promote variation.
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