Sentences with phrase «initiate voluntary movement»

Such action potentials from the motor cortex of the brain, for example, are the signals sent to muscles to initiate voluntary movement, such as pointing a finger.

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Around 30 years ago psychologist Benjamin Libet discovered that if you ask people to make voluntary movements, their brains initiate the movement before they become consciously aware of any intention to move.

Although the public face of Parkinson's disease is a disorder causing tremor, the condition has much more incapacitating effects, such as difficulty initiating and sustaining voluntary movement.