Cross education is the process whereby training of one limb gives rise to enhancements in
the performance of the opposite, untrained limb. Despite interest in this phenomenon having …

In this chapter, we explore what happens in the brain of an expert musician during
performance. Understanding expert music performance is interesting to cognitive …

Key points The ability to learn new motor skills is supported by plasticity in the structural and
functional organisation of the primary motor cortex in the human brain. Changes inhibitory to …

The prefrontal cortex subserves executive control, ie, the organization of action or thought in
relation to internal goals. This brain region hosts a system of executive processes extending …

Any motor action results from a dynamic interplay of various brain regions involved in
different aspects of movement preparation and execution. Establishing a reliable model of …

Behavioral studies in humans have shown that bimanual coordination imposes specific
demands on the central nervous system that exceed unimanual task control. In the present …

The supplementary motor area (SMA) syndrome is a characteristic neurosurgical syndrome
that can occur after unilateral resection of the SMA. Clinical symptoms may vary from none to …

Task performance depends on ongoing brain activity which can be influenced by attention,
arousal, or motivation. However, such modulating factors of cognitive efficiency are …

A crucial demand in dual tasks suffering from a capacity limited processing mechanism is
task-order scheduling, ie the control of the order in which the two component tasks are …

The neural mechanisms subserving uni-and bimanual control of movements are not well
understood. Nevertheless, recent studies indicate a functional role of oscillatory activity in …