For questions surrounding the motor cortex, end-effectors (muscles, glands, etc.), and motor deficits in humans and animals.
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What is the relative effectiveness of self initiated versus therapy approaches to repairing damaged body schema?
Several studies discuss the damaged body schema of amputees and people suffering from CRPS.
By damaged body schema I mean where the body their mind constructs doesn't match up with the body that is ...
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Why does speaking disrupt rhythm?
I've noticed that while playing rhythm games--games where I must press buttons precisely in step with a musical accompaniment--I can either play or I can talk. If start talking, I'll almost ...
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Are there already models for planning and goal-directed behaviour?
I'm interested in planning and how one is able to take action and plan ahead at the same time. I could imagine one could make observations and project these into the future using past experiences. The ...
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Any research on right-hand/left-hand based preferences when interacting with an interface?
My original question is "Left or right placement of interactive elements on a web page", but only now did I find a place where I think I can find the right people to understand it.
The gist is: is ...
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What regulates the strength of motoric signals?
I've seen cognitive/roboter models where the input signals from the sensors are directly used as the signal for outgoing motoric control.
This doesn't make much sense, because obviously we're able ...
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Does the person's walking say anything about the person's cognition?
This afternoon I've been observing people at a local park and came up with some observations that lead me to this question:
Can the person's gait (manner of walking) say something about the person's ...
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Abstract idealized mental visualization improves motor task performance
I practice martial arts (Aikido), which involves a lot of rotation.
When practicing, I find that holding an abstract image in my head, instead of thinking about the actual technique, improves my ...
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Why might a stutterer not stutter when talking to themselves, whispering, or singing?
Background: I'm a stutterer myself and have always wondered what caused my stuttering. There have been reports of the effects of certain genes and environmental factors that causes stuttering. But ...
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Is leg jiggling a focus aid?
This is slightly left-field, but I am interested in the Cognitive Science implications of this question: Many people, myself included, are "leg jigglers", meaning we often sit jiggling or bouncing a ...
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By learning to read and write upside down, what did I do to myself?
If you've ever read Encyclopedia Brown books, you'll be familiar with the backwards writing in the back of the book that explains the solution to the case.
When I was in my mid-late teens (I don't ...
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What type of learning mechanism produces a consistent typo?
There is a typographical error that I make and do so every time I try to type a certain word. Whenever I try to type remember, I type remeber. I do this every time. This is different to a regular typo ...
