Mere expectation to move causes attenuation of sensory signals.

When a part of the body moves, the sensation evoked by a probe stimulus to that body part is attenuated. Two mechanisms have been proposed to explain this robust and general effect. First, feedforward motor signals may modulate activity evoked by incoming sensory signals. Second, reafferent sensatio...

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Main Authors: Martin Voss, James N Ingram, Daniel M Wolpert, Patrick Haggard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2478717?pdf=render