Adapting the visuo-haptic perception through muscle coactivation

Abstract While the nervous system can coordinate muscles’ activation to shape the mechanical interaction with the environment, it is unclear if and how the arm’s coactivation influences visuo-haptic perception and motion planning. Here we show that the nervous system can voluntarily coactivate muscl...

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Main Authors: Gerolamo Carboni, Thrishantha Nanayakkara, Atsushi Takagi, Etienne Burdet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01344-w