For many years, neuroscientists have isolated the brain's primary motor cortex (M1), an area in the frontal lobe region, as a ...

University of California San Diego scientists say this discovery could help offer a path to new therapies and technologies ...

Despite their initially disappointing results, Qi and her colleagues continued working on their handwriting BCI, by exploring the processes via which the brain, specifically the motor cortex ...

More information: Noel J-P, et al. Neuronal responses in the human primary motor cortex coincide with the subjective onset of movement intention in brain–machine interface-mediated actions.

This learning takes place in the primary motor cortex – a region of the brain responsible for planning and executing voluntary movements. From this cortical “command center,” signals are ...

Shedding light on how the brain fine-tunes its wiring during learning ... advanced imaging to observe single synapses in the motor cortex of mice as the animals learned new motor skills.