video: Until now, the difference between the brain activity of planned and spontaneous movements have been unknown. Scientists from the German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ) have been able to show in their recently published study of two rhesus monkeys that planned and spontaneous gripping movements have the same brain activity during the movement but that the preceded brain activity differs. This helps us to understand what happens in the brain when we plan a movement and not execute it immediately -- an important finding that could be helpful for clinical rehabilitation measures (The Journal of Neuroscience). view more
Credit: German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research