Computational principles of sensorimotor control that minimize uncertainty and variability
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Sensory and motor noise limits the precision with which we can sense the world and act upon it. Recent research has begun to reveal computational principles by which the central nervous system reduces the sensory uncertainty and movement variability arising from this internal noise. Here we review the role of optimal estimation and sensory filtering in extracting the sensory information required for motor planning, and the role of optimal control, motor adaptation and impedance control in the specification of the motor output signal.
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If these ideas are valid, they speak to a fundamental role for perception in action.
“If these ideas are valid, then they speak to a fundamental role for perception in action (Wolpert et al. 1995;Shadmehr and Krakauer 2008;Bays and Wolpert 2007;Tseng et al. 2007;Wei and Körding 2009).”
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- Authors
- Bays, P. M., & Wolpert, D. M.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Venue
- The Journal of Physiology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-01-12
- Volume
- 578
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 387-396
- ISSN
- 0022-3751 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7793
- PMC
- PMC2075158
- OpenAlex
- W2169115591
- Cited by
- 359
- References
- 103
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- 1.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Journal of Physiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Keywords
- sensorimotor control, optimal estimation, sensory filtering, motor noise, sensory uncertainty, movement variability, motor planning, optimal control, motor adaptation, impedance control, internal noise
- MeSH terms
- Algorithms, Animals, Bayes Theorem, Central Nervous System, Computer Simulation, Humans, Models, Neurological, Proprioception, Psychomotor Performance
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