Vigor
Neuroeconomics of Movement Control
$75.10
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
18 February 2025
Summary
In Vigor, Reza Shadmehr and Alaa Ahmed examine the link between how the brain assigns value to things and how it controls our movements. They find that brain regions thought to be principally involved in decision making also affect movement vigor—and that brain regions thought to be principally responsible for movement also bias patterns of decision making.
Shadmehr and Ahmed first consider the relationship of value and vigor from a behavioral and mathematical perspective, co…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262554084 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262554089 |
| Author: | Reza Shadmehr, Alaa A. Ahmed |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 18 February 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm |
About The Author
Reza Shadmehr
Reza Shadmehr is Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is the coauthor of The Computational Neurobiology of Reaching and Pointing and Biological Learning and Control.
Alaa A. Ahmed is Associate Professor in the Departments of Integrative Physiology and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado.
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