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Myrka Zago
Researcher at University of Rome Tor Vergata
Publications - 64
Citations - 4041
Myrka Zago is an academic researcher from University of Rome Tor Vergata. The author has contributed to research in topics: Kinematics & Vestibular system. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 60 publications receiving 3725 citations.
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Does the brain model Newton's laws?
TL;DR: Astronauts initiated catching movements earlier in 0 g than in 1 g, which demonstrates that the brain uses an internal model of gravity to supplement sensory information when estimating time-to-contact with an approaching object.
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Representation of Visual Gravitational Motion in the Human Vestibular Cortex
Iole Indovina,Vincenzo Maffei,Gianfranco Bosco,Myrka Zago,Emiliano Macaluso,Francesco Lacquaniti +5 more
TL;DR: It is found that the vestibular network was selectively engaged when acceleration was consistent with natural gravity, demonstrating that predictive mechanisms of physical laws of motion are represented in the human brain.
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Patterned control of human locomotion
TL;DR: Recent studies on human locomotion showing that muscle activity is accounted for by a combination of few basic patterns, each one timed at a different phase of the gait cycle are reviewed.
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Multiple Levels of Representation of Reaching in the Parieto-frontal Network
TL;DR: In this review, psychophysical analyses in humans, as well as neurophysiological studies in monkeys, have provided new insights on the mechanisms of different forms of oculo-manual actions, and preliminary hints as to the cortical substrates of eye-hand coordination are offered.
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Visuo-motor coordination and internal models for object interception
TL;DR: It is shown that visual cues alone are insufficient to predict the time and place of interception or avoidance, and they need to be supplemented by prior knowledge (or internal models) about several features of the dynamic interaction with the moving object.