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·December 23, 2022·4 min read

Body Pitch and Movement Distort Perception

The failure to accurately sense body orientation relative to gravity may result in inappropriate movements or falls, as well as impair daily functions such as walking or carrying objects.

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·November 12, 2022·6 min read

Rats Bop to the Beat

New findings reveal rats can move their heads to the beat of music, demonstrating animals have innate beat synchronization.

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·September 23, 2022·3 min read

Robot Sleeves for Kids With Cerebral Palsy

Researchers develop a low-cost "soft machine" robotic sleeve to assist children with cerebral palsy to control their arm movements.

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·September 22, 2022·4 min read

Keys to Keeping Your Brain Healthy

Three factors have been identified that help keep your brain at its best.

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·September 22, 2022·7 min read

In-Home Wireless Device Tracks Disease Progression in Parkinson’s Patients

A new in-home device that monitors movement and gait speed can evaluate Parkinson's disease severity, progression, and a patient's response to medication.

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·September 19, 2022·3 min read

Genetic Link to Moving to the Beat of Music

Researchers have discovered 69 genetic variants associated with musical beat synchronization, or the ability to move in sync with the beat of music.

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·September 2, 2022·3 min read

When Humans Gesture, They Activate an Ancient Connection Between Movement and Breathing

A new study sheds light on why humans often use hand movements while talking. Researchers report rhythmic hand gestures affect rib cage movements, leading to a change in lung volume and ultimately aspects of the voice. Infants connect early vocal babbling with hand gestures, demonstrating an early connection between movement and vocal production.

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·June 25, 2022·6 min read

First Evidence of Replay During Sleep in the Human Motor Cortex, Which Governs Voluntary Movement

Data collected from a tetraplegic man learning a BCI to play Simon showed the brain replays the learned information during sleep.

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·June 11, 2022·5 min read

Learning and Remembering Movement

Focusing on the largest pyramidal neurons in the motor cortex, researchers found dendritic branches do not simply pass movement information forward. Each sub-branch calculates the information and passes it to larger sub-branches, which in turn, perform the same operation. Multiple dendritic branchlets can interact with each other to amplify their combined computational product.

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·June 10, 2022·6 min read

Latin Dance May Be a Step Toward Better Working Memory for Older Latinos

Latinos aged 55 and older who participated in Latin dance classes for eight months showed significant improvement in working memory over their peers who did not partake in Latin dance.

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·May 10, 2022·5 min read

The Brain Searches for the Best Way to Move the Body

When learning how to coordinate a new movement, the nervous system first explores and evaluates many different coordinated patterns. With experience, the nervous system then adapts specific aspects of movements and simultaneously decreases pattern variability.

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·April 23, 2022·4 min read

How Do Our Eyes Stay Focused on What We Reach For?

When reaching for a target object, we anchor our gaze to the target of the reach moment, thereby looking at the target for longer periods. This helps make our reach more accurate.