. In particular, the functional properties of the mirror neuron system and its direct matching mechanism indicate that action understanding may be primarily based on the motor cognition that underpins one’s own capacity to act. This article aims to elaborate and motivate the pivotal role of such motor cognition

mice were carried to full term, although 50 % died within 48 h and the majority of the remaining mice had to be sacrificed within 4 weeks, with only a very few mice surviving to 3 months. Calnexin gene-deficient mice were smaller than their littermates and showed very obvious motor disorders

Dysfunction in the motor system is a feature of persistent whiplash associated disorders. Little is known about motor dysfunction in the early stages following injury and of its progress in those persons who recover and those who develop persistent symptoms. This study measured prospectively, motor

set about tracing the more subtle symptoms of aphasia... to factors of localization. In this way they arrived at the hypothesis of conduction aphasia, with subcortical and transcortical, and motor and sensory forms. This critical study is directed against this view of speech disorders and it seeks

Motor disorders conditioned by acute disturbance of brain circulation represent the most frequent cause of severe disability. It has been suggested, that since active repetitive exercise facilitates restoration of motor function, repetitive movements induced by neuromuscular electrical stimulation

AMYOTROPHIC lateral sclerosis (ALS) is widely regarded as a disease that is confined to the voluntary motor system with progressive degeneration of the corticospinal tracts and alpha motor neurons leading to extreme muscular weakness and wasting (Munsat and Bradley, 1979). Amyotrophic lateral

and rehabilitation. The system performs well with low latency, accurate calibration, and a con-sistently high graphics update rate. Preliminary applications have confirmed that the system is a powerful tool for sensory-motor investigation and has considerable potential as a tool for neu-rorehabilitation. Its primary

Background: Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are frequently hampered by motor impairment, with difficulties ranging from imitation of actions to recognition of motor intentions. Such a widespread inefficiency of the motor system is likely to interfere on the ontogeny of both motor

IN reviewing the various sequelae of encephalitis lethargica reported by observers one is surprised at the multiplicity of phenomena in the dif-ferent spheres of human organization. The sensory system in general, the special sensorium, the motor-system at its various levels, the vegetative sphere

. Therefore, each voluntary movement carries a cost because its duration delays acquisition of reward. The cost depends on the value that the brain assigns to stimuli, and the rate at which it discounts this value in time. The motor commands that move our eyes reflect this cost of time.