NEUROSCI 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Motor Goal, Motor Program, Visual Cortex

• School: Duke University
• Department: Neuroscience
• Course: NEUROSCI 101
• Professor: Christina Williams

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Neuroscience 101 midterm ii review nicolelis talk. Records action potentials that predict actions in real time; Sends info to computer that uses its software to extract the motor program that the animal is thinking converts those action potential signals to digital commands so the actions potentials can be converted into movement. No motor behavior often requires a variety of different physical functions working together in order to execute the proper motor plan. I"m about to type this sentence on my laptop. How do researchers like dr. nicolelis explain why we can learn to move an exoskeleton with just our neural activity, even though we humans have not evolved to have brains that talk to exoskeletons. Neuroplasticity remapping of cortex with learned association that dominates over old region"s function. Requires much training and practice of association in order for the brain to connect with that function.