Study reveals how motor memories are formed and how they remain persistent. The findings may help illuminate the root cause of motor disorders like Parkinson's disease.
Motor system neurons not only control movement, they also incite action.
A transcranial magnetic stimulation study revealed the motor cortex may play a role in translating foreign language words into one's native tongue.
Impaired motor function, such as that experienced by Parkinson's patients, appears to influence the perception of art, researchers report.
A set of neurons in the subthalamic nucleus have been implicated in canceling planned behaviors or actions.
A new study reports the larger the growth of areas associated with thinking in the cortex, the slower the growth of regions associated with emotional, sensory and motor skills.
Unexpected sounds make people stop an action more often than when they hear no sounds at all. A new study offers an insight into how sensory cues would speed up the brain's communication with the motor system.
A new study reveals the role the motor system plays in the perception of language.
Researchers have identified a population of neurons that appear to be responsible for muscle paralysis during REM sleep.
A researcher investigates why we find it impossible to tickle ourselves.
Study links neural responses from the motor system to overt social behaviors in infants.
Researchers report the most important factor of grip force isn't what you can estimate about the object, but rather what you can't