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Modular organization of reaching and grasping movements investigated using EEG microstates

Year: 2014

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: How movements are generated and controlled by the central nervous system (CNS) is still not well understood. In this work, we tested the hypothesis of a modular organization of the brain activity during the execution of voluntary movements. In particular, we extracted meta-stable topographies as a measure for global brain state, so-called microstates, from electroencephalography (EEG) data during pure planar reaching movements as well as reaching and grasping of different objects, and we compared them with those extracted during resting-state. The results showed the emergence of specific EEG microstates related to movement execution. Our results provide evidence about the benefits of EEG microstate analysis for motor control studies and their importance to better understand brain reorganization in neurological pathologies.

Source: Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)

DOI: 10.1109/embc.2014.6944029

Authors: J. Minguillon, E. Pirondini, M. Coscia, R. Leeb, J. D. R. Millan, D. Van De Ville, S. Micera

Institutions: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council, University of Geneva, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Language: English

Topic: EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2010118522

FWCI: 0.618

Cites: 10

Cited by: 8

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