Journal article
Developing Sensorimotor Systems in Our Sleep
Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society, Vol.24(1), pp.32-37
02/2015
DOI: 10.1177/0963721414551362
PMCID: PMC4414046
PMID: 25937709
Abstract
Every animal must learn how to use its limbs within the developmental context of an ever-changing body. Typically, investigations of sensorimotor development focus on waking movements. Here, I consider another class of behavior: twitching movements that occur exclusively during active (REM) sleep. Twitches are particularly abundant in early infancy, when critical sensorimotor networks are established. In light of behavioral, electrophysiological, neurophysiological, and computational investigations of this unique behavior, twitches may prove critical for the development and maintenance of the sensorimotor system, as well as its repair after injury or disease.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Developing Sensorimotor Systems in Our Sleep
- Creators
- Mark S Blumberg - Department of Psychology, Department of Biology, and the DeLTA Center, University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society, Vol.24(1), pp.32-37
- DOI
- 10.1177/0963721414551362
- PMID
- 25937709
- PMCID
- PMC4414046
- NLM abbreviation
- Curr Dir Psychol Sci
- ISSN
- 0963-7214
- eISSN
- 1467-8721
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications; Los Angeles, CA
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2015
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9984002466002771
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