Control is good; prediction is better?
Franz Mechsner (2004) suggests that movements are exclusively controlled with respect to the effects that they cause in the external world and that motor control can be reduced to prediction of movement effects. Although predictive mechanisms certainly deserve a lot more attention than they have received in the past, the author argues here that prediction and control must necessarily work together to build a flexible and effective motor system.
Cardoso de Oliveira
Simone
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German Primate Center, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. scardos@gwdg.de
D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills; D009068:Movement