Discuss a) How the woman controls the robotic arm
b) What this tells us about the kinds of information that motor neurons code (Hint: Refer textbook Figure 10.4 for the population vector.)
c) Discuss what you think are the implications of these findings in movement control.
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Discuss a) ) The cognitive consequences of PFC damage (eg. Phineas Gage vs. WR) (Hint: figure out WR’s main problem with performing the “Tinker toy” and WCST.)
b) What surprises you about WR’s behavior
c) How might changes in the neural representation of working memory (Figure 15.14) contribute to WR’s cognitive deficits