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·May 6, 2025·4 min read

Finger Movements Offer New Clues for Autism Detection

Subtle hand movements during grasping tasks may help diagnose autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with high accuracy. Using machine learning, researchers analyzed how autistic and non-autistic individuals used their fingers to grasp objects, achieving approximately 85% classification accuracy.

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·February 27, 2025·5 min read

Research Rewrites Striatum’s Role in Action and Movement

A new study challenges the long-held belief that the striatum is responsible for selecting actions. Researchers found that instead of making decisions, the striatum and motor cortex work together to specify movement details, such as how to reach for an object.

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·February 11, 2025·5 min read

The Urge to Move to Music Is Hardwired

A new study finds that the urge to move to music—known as groove—is a distinct physiological response, separate from musical enjoyment. Researchers examined individuals with musical anhedonia, who feel little or no pleasure from music, and found they still had a strong urge to move when listening to rhythmic beats. Participants rated how much pleasure they experienced and how much the music made them want to move, revealing that movement itself may generate pleasure for those with anhedonia.

This is an AI rendition of macrophages in muscle tissue.

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·December 4, 2024·5 min read

Immune Cells Modulate Movement and Energy

Macrophages, immune cells typically known for fighting infections, have been discovered to play a vital role in controlling movement and linking neural activity with metabolic demands. Located in muscle spindles, these cells modulate neural activity using glutamate signaling, fine-tune muscle contractions, and optimize energy use during physical activity.

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·October 23, 2024·6 min read

Neural Pathways Link Dopamine to Movement and Motivation

Researchers have discovered two new brain pathways that modify movement and emotional decisions by controlling dopamine release. These pathways, found in the striatum, either stimulate or inhibit dopamine-producing neurons, influencing the go and no-go pathways that control movement.

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·October 3, 2024·4 min read

AI Model Predicts Complex Animal Movements

Scientists have developed a highly accurate model simulating animal movements, using the nematode worm C. elegans as a base. This model captures both predictable and random behaviors, with applications in medicine and robotics.

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·September 26, 2024·7 min read

How Reflexes Shape Smooth Movement

Researchers have uncovered how the spinal cord helps modulate reflexes to allow for smooth, voluntary movements. Using simulations, the study shows how circuits within the spinal cord regulate stretch reflexes, preventing disruptions during skilled movements like reaching.

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·July 3, 2024·5 min read

AI Decodes Emotion Through Movements

A new methodology developed by an international research team uses motion capture and the EMOKINE software to decode emotions from movements. The team recorded a dancer performing choreographies expressing various emotions and analyzed the kinematic features of her movements.

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·June 12, 2024·7 min read

How Brain Maps Memories Without Movement

Mental maps in the brain are activated when thinking about sequences of experiences, even without physical movement. In an animal study, they found that the entorhinal cortex harbors a cognitive map of experiences, which is activated during mental simulation. This is the first study to show the cellular basis of mental simulation in a nonspatial domain. The findings could enhance our understanding of brain function and memory formation.

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·April 30, 2024·5 min read

Robot Masters Terrain with Animal-Like Gait Transitions

Researchers leveraged deep reinforcement learning (DRL) to enable a robot to adaptively switch gaits, mimicking animal movements like trotting and pronking, to traverse complex terrains effectively. Their study explores the concept of viability—or fall prevention—as a primary motivator for such gait transitions, challenging previous beliefs that energy efficiency is the key driver.

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·April 11, 2024·5 min read

Spinal Cord Learns and Remembers Movements Autonomously

The spinal cord possesses its own learning and memory capabilities, challenging the long-held view of it as merely a message relay between the brain and body. Through innovative experiments, the team identified two distinct neuronal populations that enable the spinal cord to independently adapt and remember movements.

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·March 21, 2024·4 min read

Deciphering Proprioception: How the Brain Maps Movement

A new study reveals the mechanisms behind proprioception, our body's innate ability to sense limb position and movement, critical for movement without visual cues. Utilizing musculoskeletal simulations and neural network models, researchers have advanced our understanding of how the brain integrates sensory data from muscle spindles to perceive bodily position and motion.

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movement

Finger Movements Offer New Clues for Autism Detection

Research Rewrites Striatum’s Role in Action and Movement

The Urge to Move to Music Is Hardwired

Immune Cells Modulate Movement and Energy

Neural Pathways Link Dopamine to Movement and Motivation

AI Model Predicts Complex Animal Movements

How Reflexes Shape Smooth Movement

AI Decodes Emotion Through Movements

How Brain Maps Memories Without Movement

Robot Masters Terrain with Animal-Like Gait Transitions

Spinal Cord Learns and Remembers Movements Autonomously

Deciphering Proprioception: How the Brain Maps Movement

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