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Task dependent coarticulation of movement sequencesPreprint

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THE REACTION TIME COSTS OF TRAJECTORY PLANNINGPreprint

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3D directional tuning in the orofacial sensorimotor cortex during natural feeding and drinkingPreprint

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Encoding of motor sequences in primate globus pallidus and motor cortex: Uniform preference for ordinal positionPreprint

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Sequential movement representations based on correlated neuronal activity

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