Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Unexpected complexity of everyday manual behaviors

  • Yuke Yan,
  • James M. Goodman,
  • Dalton D. Moore,
  • Sara A. Solla,
  • Sliman J. Bensmaia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17404-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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How does the brain control the complex movements of hands? Here, by tracking human hand kinematics and applying multidimensional reduction techniques, the authors provide evidence that grasping involves a complex control system that regulates even the most subtle aspects of hand movement.