In contrast to traditional representational perspectives in which the motor cortex is involved in motor control via neuronal preferenceforkinetics andkinematics,a dynamical system perspective emerging in the last deca...In contrast to traditional representational perspectives in which the motor cortex is involved in motor control via neuronal preferenceforkinetics andkinematics,a dynamical system perspective emerging in the last decade views the motor cortex as a dynamical machine that generates motor commands by autonomous temporal evolution.In this review,we first look back at the history of the representational and dynamical perspectives and discuss their explanatory power and controversy from both empirical and computational points of view.Here,we aim to reconcile the above perspectives,and evaluate their theoretical impact,future direction,and potential applications in brain-machine interfaces.展开更多
基金This review was supported by the National Key R&D Program(2017YFA0701102)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31871047 and 31671075)+1 种基金Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology(18JC1415100 and 2018SHZDZX05)the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB32040100).
文摘In contrast to traditional representational perspectives in which the motor cortex is involved in motor control via neuronal preferenceforkinetics andkinematics,a dynamical system perspective emerging in the last decade views the motor cortex as a dynamical machine that generates motor commands by autonomous temporal evolution.In this review,we first look back at the history of the representational and dynamical perspectives and discuss their explanatory power and controversy from both empirical and computational points of view.Here,we aim to reconcile the above perspectives,and evaluate their theoretical impact,future direction,and potential applications in brain-machine interfaces.