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The cerebellum and the physics of movement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Helge Topka  and
Johannes Dichgans
Helge Topka
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germanytopka@uni-tuebingen.de
Johannes Dichgans
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germanytopka@uni-tuebingen.de
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Abstract

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This commentary reviews the basic physical principles underlying human single- and multi-joint arm movements. The potential role of the cerebellum in dealing with the physics of movement is discussed in the light of recent physiological findings and the theoretical model of cerebellar detection and generation of input and output sequences put forward by Braitenberg and colleagues.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 266
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press