# Motor Control and Adaptation

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/motor-control-and-adaptation/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the computational principles, neural basis, and learning mechanisms underlying motor control, sensorimotor learning, feedback control, and the role of structures such as the cerebellum in motor skill acquisition. It delves into topics like muscle synergies, visuomotor integration, implicit learning, and neuroplasticity in the context of motor control. |
| Domain | Life Sciences |
| Field | Neuroscience |
| OpenAlex ID | t10982 |
| Works | 423 |

## Topic papers all

Showing 15 of 423.

- [Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study](https://scholariq.org/papers/action-observation-activates-premotor-and-parietal-areas-in-a-somatotopic-manner/)
- [The role of executive function and attention in gait](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-role-of-executive-function-and-attention-in-gait/)
- [Hand movements: A window into haptic object recognition](https://scholariq.org/papers/hand-movements-a-window-into-haptic-object-recognition/)
- [Increased rate of force development and neural drive of human skeletal muscle following resistance training](https://scholariq.org/papers/increased-rate-of-force-development-and-neural-drive-of-human-skeletal-muscle/)
- [Action observation activates premotor and parietal areas in a somatotopic manner: an fMRI study](https://scholariq.org/papers/action-observation-activates-premotor-and-parietal-areas-in-a-somatotopic-manner-2/)
- [The extraction of neural strategies from the surface EMG](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-extraction-of-neural-strategies-from-the-surface-emg/)
- [MULTIMODAL REPRESENTATION OF SPACE IN THE POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX AND ITS USE IN PLANNING MOVEMENTS](https://scholariq.org/papers/multimodal-representation-of-space-in-the-posterior-parietal-cortex-and-its-use/)
- [ALE meta-analysis of action observation and imitation in the human brain](https://scholariq.org/papers/ale-meta-analysis-of-action-observation-and-imitation-in-the-human-brain/)
- [Construct validity of the Trail Making Test: Role of task-switching, working memory, inhibition/interference control, and visuomotor abilities](https://scholariq.org/papers/construct-validity-of-the-trail-making-test-role-of-task-switching-working/)
- [Combinations of muscle synergies in the construction of a natural motor behavior](https://scholariq.org/papers/combinations-of-muscle-synergies-in-the-construction-of-a-natural-motor-behavior/)
- [Intentional Maps in Posterior Parietal Cortex](https://scholariq.org/papers/intentional-maps-in-posterior-parietal-cortex/)
- [Postural Hand Synergies for Tool Use](https://scholariq.org/papers/postural-hand-synergies-for-tool-use/)
- [Minimizing within‐experiment and within‐group effects in activation likelihood estimation meta‐analyses](https://scholariq.org/papers/minimizing-within-experiment-and-within-group-effects-in-activation-likelihood/)
- [Contributions of the individual ankle plantar flexors to support, forward progression and swing initiation during walking](https://scholariq.org/papers/contributions-of-the-individual-ankle-plantar-flexors-to-support-forward/)
- [The central nervous system stabilizes unstable dynamics by learning optimal impedance](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-central-nervous-system-stabilizes-unstable-dynamics-by-learning-optimal/)

## Topic primary papers

Showing 15 of 135.

- [Intentional Maps in Posterior Parietal Cortex](https://scholariq.org/papers/intentional-maps-in-posterior-parietal-cortex/)
- [Postural Hand Synergies for Tool Use](https://scholariq.org/papers/postural-hand-synergies-for-tool-use/)
- [The central nervous system stabilizes unstable dynamics by learning optimal impedance](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-central-nervous-system-stabilizes-unstable-dynamics-by-learning-optimal/)
- [Functional anatomy of the mental representation of upper extremity movements in healthy subjects](https://scholariq.org/papers/functional-anatomy-of-the-mental-representation-of-upper-extremity-movements-in/)
- [Matrix Factorization Algorithms for the Identification of Muscle Synergies: Evaluation on Simulated and Experimental Data Sets](https://scholariq.org/papers/matrix-factorization-algorithms-for-the-identification-of-muscle-synergies/)
- [Control of Fast-Reaching Movements by Muscle Synergy Combinations](https://scholariq.org/papers/control-of-fast-reaching-movements-by-muscle-synergy-combinations/)
- [An ‘automatic pilot’ for the hand in human posterior parietal cortex: toward reinterpreting optic ataxia](https://scholariq.org/papers/an-automatic-pilot-for-the-hand-in-human-posterior-parietal-cortex-toward/)
- [Shared and specific muscle synergies in natural motor behaviors](https://scholariq.org/papers/shared-and-specific-muscle-synergies-in-natural-motor-behaviors/)
- [The theory of reinvestment](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-theory-of-reinvestment/)
- [Combining modules for movement](https://scholariq.org/papers/combining-modules-for-movement/)
- [On the analysis of movement smoothness](https://scholariq.org/papers/on-the-analysis-of-movement-smoothness/)
- [The case for and against muscle synergies](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-case-for-and-against-muscle-synergies/)
- [Human anterior intraparietal area subserves prehension](https://scholariq.org/papers/human-anterior-intraparietal-area-subserves-prehension/)
- [The Transition to Reaching: Mapping Intention and Intrinsic Dynamics](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-transition-to-reaching-mapping-intention-and-intrinsic-dynamics/)
- [The left parietal and premotor cortices: motor attention and selection](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-left-parietal-and-premotor-cortices-motor-attention-and-selection/)

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