Integrating sensory with motor signals during voluntary behavior is essential for distinguishing stimuli that are a consequence of intended actions from those that are externally generated. This ability enables the brain to flexibly fine-tune motor actions based on sensory feedback, a computation necessary for subjective awareness of the effects of movements. The lecture will explore the neural circuits that perform this computation with a focus on vestibular pathways and highlighting the cerebellum's role in building predictive models of self-generated movement as individuals explore the world.
Breakthroughs in Understanding Natural Behaviour and its Neural Underpinnings (University of Manchester, UK) (2024) Proc Physiol Soc 61, SA01
Research Symposium: The Predictive Coding of Voluntary Self-Motion: Vestibular Circuits for Action and Perception
Kathleen Cullen1,
1Johns Hopkins University Baltimore United States, 2Johns Hopkins Univeristy Baltimore United States,
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