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Brain mechanisms underlying automatic and unconscious control of motor action

Are we in command of our motor acts?The popular belief holds that our conscious decisions are the direct causes of our actions. However, overwhelming evidence from neurosciences demonstrates that our actions are instead largely driven by brain processes that unfold outside of our consciousness. To s...

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Autores principales: D'Ostilio, Kevin, Garraux, Gaëtan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23055963
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00265
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description Are we in command of our motor acts?The popular belief holds that our conscious decisions are the direct causes of our actions. However, overwhelming evidence from neurosciences demonstrates that our actions are instead largely driven by brain processes that unfold outside of our consciousness. To study these brain processes, scientists have used a range of different functional brain imaging techniques and experimental protocols, such as subliminal priming. Here, we review recent advances in the field and propose a theoretical model of motor control that may contribute to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease.
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spelling pubmed-34582402012-10-09 Brain mechanisms underlying automatic and unconscious control of motor action D'Ostilio, Kevin Garraux, Gaëtan Front Hum Neurosci Neuroscience Are we in command of our motor acts?The popular belief holds that our conscious decisions are the direct causes of our actions. However, overwhelming evidence from neurosciences demonstrates that our actions are instead largely driven by brain processes that unfold outside of our consciousness. To study these brain processes, scientists have used a range of different functional brain imaging techniques and experimental protocols, such as subliminal priming. Here, we review recent advances in the field and propose a theoretical model of motor control that may contribute to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease. Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC3458240/ /pubmed/23055963 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00265 Text en Copyright © 2012 D'Ostilio and Garraux. http://www.frontiersin.org/licenseagreement This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited and subject to any copyright notices concerning any third-party graphics etc.
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title Brain mechanisms underlying automatic and unconscious control of motor action
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title_short Brain mechanisms underlying automatic and unconscious control of motor action
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458240/
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