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Biology
Shoko Sugasawa, Barbara Webb, Susan D. Healy
Summary: Animals, despite lacking hands, have evolved various ways to manipulate objects using tools such as bills, feet, and mandibles, providing insights into the origins and development of dexterity. Contrasting data from different species reveals differences in how they sense, grasp objects, and the neural control involved. Studying manipulation skills in animals not only enhances our understanding of diversity in nature, but also inspires new designs for robotic manipulators.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Review
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David Kemmerer
Summary: Observing an agent perform an action can trigger a motor simulation in the Mirror Neuron System of the observer, which is modulated by various factors. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive survey of 22 distinct factors influencing the MNS during action observation, and to consider the implications of these factors on four theoretical models of the MNS. The assessments suggest that existing models are supported by some findings but challenged by others, highlighting the need for a more comprehensive model to account for all identified modulatory factors.
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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
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Zhongli Wang, Guohui Tian
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL NETWORKS AND LEARNING SYSTEMS
(2023)
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Psychology
Hyosub E. Kim, Guy Avraham, Richard B. Ivry
Summary: The study of motor planning and learning in humans has transformed significantly in the past 20 years, integrating ideas from control theory, computer science, statistics, and neuroscience. This interdisciplinary approach has led to the development of mechanistic models at the psychological level to explain how humans plan, execute, and consolidate skilled reaching movements, emphasizing new perspectives on action selection and motor planning while highlighting the convergent operation of multiple processes in sensorimotor learning.
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(2021)
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Helen O'Shea, Stephen J. Redmond
Summary: In this paper, the authors review the neurobiomechanical processes underlying secure gripping in object manipulation, emphasizing the role of tactile-related sensory events and considering the contribution of certain biophysical and biomechanical phenomena. Despite increasing interdisciplinary research interest in object manipulation behavior, the complexity of the involved perceptual-sensorimotor-cognitive processes and the theoretical divide regarding control fundamentality leave the essential mechanisms of manipulative action undetermined. The authors aim to provide an integrated account of the current state-of-art in skilled human object interaction, bridging the literature in neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and biophysics, and propose novel directions for future research exploration in this area.
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IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS
(2022)
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Yuki Nishiguchi, Shu Imaizumi, Yoshihiko Tanno
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(2021)
Review
Neurosciences
James Mathew, Frederic Crevecoeur
Summary: The study reviews computational models of reaching adaptation to force fields in humans, highlighting the crucial role of feedback control in the process. By discussing online adaptation in the feedback control system, the study explains trial-by-trial adaptation and improvements in online motor corrections.
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