Beschreibung:
The primate sensorimotor system relies on force predictions, when executing a motor command with a certain force. Yet it remains unclear if the sensorimotor system uses these force predictions to prepare a motor command according to the force the command will be executed with. We conducted two studies that investigate if the sensorimotor system uses force predictions when preparing a motor command (action-context) or when selecting between motor commands (action selection-context). The first study investigated if areas in the fronto-parietal reach network encode the force of reach movement ...