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A critical review of physiological and clinical aspects of movement related brain macropotentials in humans
STS Instructor Authored by Giuseppe A. Chiarenza
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Study at a glance
- Area
- QEEG, Methods & Mechanisms
- Study type
- Review & meta-analysis
- Authors
- Chiarenza GA
- Journal
- Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences
- Year
- 1991
- Protocol
- movement-related brain potentials
Key findings
- Narrative review of methods, development and clinical use of movement-related potentials
- Includes developmental data from 119 typical males on a skilled timing task
- The task has been applied to children with learning disabilities, boys with Down syndrome, adults with chronic schizophrenia and people with Parkinson syndrome
- Discusses what these potentials reveal about cognition and possible treatment implications
A review of movement-related brain macropotentials: the slow EEG shifts that build up before, during and after a voluntary movement. It covers how they are recorded, how skilled and unskilled movements differ, and why tasks requiring the person to plan and check their own performance are useful for studying how movement control develops from childhood to adulthood. Developmental data from 119 typical males on a skilled motor-perceptual task are presented alongside clinical uses of the same test.