ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2021
The neural mechanisms of manual dexterity.
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108 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Early sleep after action observation and motor imagery improved manual dexterity in patients after surgery for metacarpal and phalangeal fractures.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- The effects of task-specific home-based touchscreen training in people with Parkinson's disease: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Journal of neurology · 2025Trial
- Neural Substrates for Hand and Shoulder Movement in Healthy Adults: A Functional near Infrared Spectroscopy Study.Brain topography · 2023Trial
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- Targeting grasp-related cortical areas for intracortical brain-machine interfaces.Neuroimage. Reports · 2026Article
- Spinal-inspired artificial tactile interneuron with high-order burst spiking for intelligent edge interfaces.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Conserved role of primary motor cortex in the control of prehension in mice and macaques.Cell reports · 2026Article
- Spatiotemporal encoding of touch signals in the human somatosensory and motor cortices.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- A framework for quantifying the mechanics of dexterous grasp.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Wearable thumb sleeves enabled by self-supervised learning with few stretchable sensors and few-shot data for switchable finger tasks.Science advances · 2026Article
- Gene regulatory co-option drives birdsong neural circuit specialization.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Mechanisms of Visuomotor Interception.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Motor Competence Profiles in Greek Primary School Children: A Cross-Sectional Multilevel Analysis of Skill-Specific and Contextual Variability.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Enhancing Laparoscopic Simulation Skills Through Nondominant Hand Training in Daily Activities.Cureus · 2026Article
- Overlap in neural representations of coordinated wrist and finger movements in human motor cortex.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Obesity is linked to impaired sensorimotor synchronization during walking but not tapping.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Manual Dexterity in Patients with Disorder of Consciousness.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2026Article
- Hand movements prediction via fNIRS and AI algorithms.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Article
- Evolution of object identity information in sensorimotor cortex throughout grasp.Nature communications · 2026Article
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Abstract
The hand endows us with unparalleled precision and versatility in our interactions with objects, from mundane activities such as grasping to extraordinary ones such as virtuoso pianism. The complex anatomy of the human hand combined with expansive and specialized neuronal control circuits allows a wide range of precise manual behaviours. To support these behaviours, an exquisite sensory apparatus, spanning the modalities of touch and proprioception, conveys detailed and timely information about our interactions with objects and about the objects themselves. The study of manual dexterity provides a unique lens into the sensorimotor mechanisms that endow the nervous system with the ability to flexibly generate complex behaviour.
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