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Nature 407, 682-683 (12 October 2000) | doi:10.1038/35037690

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Computational neuroscience: Building blocks of movement

Zoubin Ghahramani

When we walk, turn the pages of a book, or catch a ball, our brain is solving a 'control problem' — that of coordinating the activities of all the muscles required to achieve these voluntary movements. Roboticists have long appreciated the computational challenge of controlling such movements.