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The question of how the transport and grasp components in prehension are spatio-temporally coordinated is addressed in this paper. Based upon previous works by Castiello [1] we hypothesize that this coordination is carried out by neural networks in basal ganglia that exert a sophisticated gating / modulatory function over the two visuomotor channels that according to Jeannerod [2] and Arbib [3] are involved in prehension movement. Spatial dimension and temporal phasing of the movement are understood in terms of basic motor programs that are re-scaled both temporally and spatially by neural activity in basal ganglia thalamocortical loops. A computational model has been developed to accommodate all these assumptions. The model proposes an interaction between the two channels, that allows a distribution of cortical information related with arm transport channel, to the grasp channel. Computer simulations of the model reproduce basic kinematic features of prehension movement.
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Molina-Vilaplana, J., Batlle, J.F., Coronado, J.L. (2002). A Neural Model of Spatio Temporal Coordination in Prehension. In: Dorronsoro, J.R. (eds) Artificial Neural Networks — ICANN 2002. ICANN 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2415. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46084-5_2
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