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The influence of temporal predictability on express visuomotor responses
Contemori S, Loeb GE, Corneil BD, Wallis G, Carroll TJ
bioRxiv:2020.08.28.269449 (2020)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.28.269449v1

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Somatosensory target information is used for reaching but not for saccadic eye movements
Goettker A, Fiehler K, Voudouris D
J Neurophysiol (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00258.2020

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Brain Activity Reveals Multiple Motor-Learning Mechanisms in a Real-World Task
Haar S, Faisal AA
Front Hum Neurosci 14:354 (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00354

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Somatosensory Cortex of Macaque Monkeys is Designed for Opposable Thumb
Lazar L, Chand P, Rajan R, Mohammed H, Jain N
bioRxiv:2020.08.31.261115 (2020)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.31.261115v1

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Intact tactile detection yet biased tactile localization in a hand-centered frame of reference: Evidence from a dissociation
Liu Y, O’Neal A, Rafal RD, Medina J
Neuropsychologia 147:107585 (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107585

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Corticospinal neurons encode complex motor signals that are broadcast to dichotomous striatal circuits
Nelson A, Abdelmesih B, Costa RM
bioRxiv:2020.08.31.275180 (2020)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.31.275180v1

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Sequential Reaching Task for the Study of Motor Skills in Monkeys
Ohbayashi M, Picard N
Bio-protocol 10:e3719–e3719 (2020)
https://bio-protocol.org/e3719

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Polarity of uncertainty representation during exploration and exploitation in ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Trudel N, Scholl J, Klein-Flügge MC, Fouragnan E, Tankelevitch L, Wittmann MK, Rushworth MFS
Nat Hum Behav (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0929-3

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Dual contributions of cerebellar-thalamic networks to learning and offline consolidation of a complex motor task
Varani AP, Sala RW, Mailhes-Hamon C, Frontera JL, Léna C, Popa D
bioRxiv:2020.08.27.270330 (2020)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.27.270330v1

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Arm movements induced by noninvasive optogenetic stimulation of the motor cortex in the common marmoset
Ebina T, Obara K, Watakabe A, Masamizu Y, Terada S-I, Matoba R, Takaji M, Hatanaka N, Nambu A, Mizukami H, Yamamori T, Matsuzaki M
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 116:22844–22850 (2019)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1903445116

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Theoretical musings
Marder E
Elife 9 (2020)
https://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.60703

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