Observing a movement correction during walking affects evoked responses but not unperturbed walking.

Seeing an action activates neurons in the premotor, motor, and somatosensory cortex. Since a significant fraction of these pyramidal neurons project to the spinal motor circuits, a central question is why we do not automatically perform the actions that we see. Indeed, seeing an action increases bot...

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Main Authors: Frank Behrendt, Marc H E de Lussanet, Heiko Wagner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4136850?pdf=render