A Dynamical Systems Approach to Characterizing Brain-Body Interactions during Movement: Challenges, Interpretations, and Recommendations.

ABSTRACT: Brain-body interactions (BBIs) have been the focus of intense scrutiny since the inception of the scientific method, playing a foundational role in the earliest debates over the philosophy of science. Contemporary investigations of BBIs to elucidate the neural principles of motor control have benefited from advances in neuroimaging, device engineering, and signal processing. However, these studies generally suffer from two major limitations. First, they rely on interpretations of 'brain' activity that are behavioral in nature, rather than neuroanatomical or biophysical. Second, they employ methodological approaches that are inconsistent with a dynamical systems approach to neuromotor control. These limitations represent a fundamental challenge to the use of BBIs for answering basic and app

SUBMITTER: Monroe DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10385586 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature