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The cortical basis of motor planning: does it take two to tango?

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A new study using fMRI shows that the human frontal cortex—and not parietal cortex—is the primary locus of movement planning.

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Figure 1: Cortical centers of the oculomotor system.
Figure 2: The trial design used by Connolly et al.

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