Mj. Aminoff et Ds. Goodin, THE DECISION TO MAKE A MOVEMENT - NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL INSIGHTS, Canadian journal of neurological sciences, 24(3), 1997, pp. 181-190
It is unclear how the brain enables a subject to discriminate between
two or more sensory stimuli and to respond appropriately to them. This
process must include the ability to detect and identify the stimuli,
and to select and initiate an appropriate motor response. With the adv
ent of improved computer technology, this behavior can now be studied
in the laboratory, not only by monitoring the input to (stimulus) and
output from the brain (response), but also by measuring the associated
electrical activity of the brain in order to gain an understanding of
how this task is accomplished. In this paper we discuss our work in t
his area and its relevance to understanding the neural organization of
the decision to make a movement in response to a sensory stimulus.