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The Wiring Behind Your Reflexes

It doesn’t take brainpower to react to sudden danger; just a bit of spine.

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Aiming for a moving target means compensating for your brain's own tardiness.

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Dopamine and Movement

Dopamine research is spurring the development of treatments for a range of disorders.

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Roundup: Movement

Every movement you make, from jumping up and down to clicking on this article, is the result of a complex electrical circuit between your brain and your muscles.

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Making Moves

For movement to occur, nerve cells must connect with muscles during development.

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Mysteries of the Brain: Evolving Brain

Using amazing new technologies, scientists are discovering that the basic movements in one tiny fish can teach us big ideas about how the brain's circuitry works.

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5 min

Could the Cerebellum Help Drive Creativity?

The highly connected region is active not only driving motor movements but also during cognitive tasks.

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Motor Neurons

Studying the nerve cells that connect the brain and muscles offers insight into neuromuscular diseases and motor learning.

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Brain Mechanisms of Skill Learning

Think of a skill you have, something that took practice, but now feels easy. Perhaps it’s serving in tennis, or a new dance step, or juggling — something I used to be able to do.

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Best Foot Forward: Recovering from Motor Injuries

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Daniel Wolpert: The Real Reason for Brains

Neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert starts from a surprising premise: the brain evolved, not to think or feel, but to control movement.

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Whale Brains Provide Clues to Cognition

Neuroscientists have long understood that the cerebellum is important for controlling bodily movements, by making them more fluid and coordinated, but researchers have also long appreciated that cerebellum does much more.

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Some Ground-Dwelling Dinos Had the Brains to Fly

Researchers discover that even non-flying dinosaurs had brains with the motor and visual capabilities necessary to take wing.

Science Friday
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