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Decision-making in sensorimotor control

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Gallivan, Jason 
Chapman, Craig 
Wolpert, DM 
Flanagan, J Randall 

Abstract

Skilled sensorimotor interactions with the world result from a series of decision- making processes that determine, based on information extracted during the unfolding sequence of events, which movements to make and when and how to make them. Despite this inherent link between decision-making and sensorimotor control, research into each of these two areas has largely evolved in isolation, and it is only relatively recently that researchers have begun investigating how they interact and, together, influence behaviour. Here we review recent behavioural, neurophysiological and computational research that highlights the role of decision-making processes in the selection, planning and control of goal-directed movements in humans and nonhuman primates.

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Keywords

Animals, Brain, Decision Making, Goals, Humans, Models, Neurological, Motor Activity, Neurons, Psychomotor Performance

Journal Title

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

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1471-0048
1471-0048

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Publisher

Springer Nature
Sponsorship
Wellcome Trust (097803/Z/11/Z)
Royal Society (RP120142)
The authors thank the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Institute of Health Research, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, the Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society Noreen Murray Professorship in Neurobiology (to D.M.W.).