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Voluntary Movement Control

Voluntary Movement Control is a neurophysiological process within motor control physiology that enables the initiation, modulation, and execution of goal-directed skeletal movements through conscious intent, distinguishing it from reflexive or automatic motor behaviors by its dependence on higher-order cortical structures such as the primary motor cortex, prefrontal cortex, and basal ganglia.

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Unconscious cerebral initiative and the role of conscious will in voluntary action

Benjamin Libet · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1985 · 2.6K citations

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TIME OF CONSCIOUS INTENTION TO ACT IN RELATION TO ONSET OF CEREBRAL ACTIVITY (READINESS-POTENTIAL)

Benjamin Libet, Curtis A. Gleason, Elwood W. Wright et al. · Brain · 1983 · 2.5K citations

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Hippocampal electrical activity and voluntary movement in the rat

C.H. Vanderwolf · Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology · 1969 · 2K citations

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Spatial control of arm movements

Pietro Morasso · Experimental Brain Research · 1981 · 1.7K citations

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A hierarchical neural-network model for control and learning of voluntary movement

Mitsuo Kawato, Kazunori Furukawa, Ryoji Suzuki · Biological Cybernetics · 1987 · 1.6K citations

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    John C. Rothwell

    University College London, United Kingdom

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    Patrick Haggard

    University College London, United Kingdom

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    Mark Hallett

    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, United States

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    Peter Brown

    University College London, United Kingdom

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    C. D. Marsden

    University College London, United Kingdom

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  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

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  2. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

    London, United Kingdom

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  3. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

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    Paris, France

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    Montreal, Canada

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    Bethesda, United States

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  7. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

    Bethesda, United States

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  8. Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico

    Rome, Italy

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