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Arm movements in monkeys: behavior and neurophysiology

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Reaching to objects of interest is very common in the behavioral repertoire of primates. Monkeys possess keen binocular vision and make graceful and accurate arm movements. This review focuses on behavioral and neurophysiological aspects of eye-hand coordination in behaving monkeys, including neural coding mechanisms at the single cell level and in neuronal populations. The results of these studies have converged to a common behavioral-neurophysiological ground and provided a springboard for studies of brain mechanisms underlying motor cognitive function.

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  1. Departments of Physiology and Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, 55455, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    A. P. Georgopoulos

  2. Brain Sciences Center (11B), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, One Veterans Drive, 55417, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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Georgopoulos, A.P. Arm movements in monkeys: behavior and neurophysiology. J Comp Physiol A 179, 603–612 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00216125

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