Understanding the anatomy involved helps explain why these specific movements matter. Our hands contain 27 bones, over 30 muscles, and numerous tendons, ligaments, and nerves—all working ...

Surprisingly, this makes up for more than 20% of the bones in your body. The complex structure of the hands allows a wide range of movements that can occur together or separately. Experts consider ...

In simple terms, they show that one region of the primary motor cortex is linked to movements in the lower body, one to hand-related movements, which includes shoulders, and another to facial ...

Examples of stereotypic movements include hand flapping, body rocking, head banging, and self-biting. A diagnosis is only given if the repetitive movement causes distress in a child and leads to ...

By decoding the activity of spinal motoneurons (the nerve cells that control muscle movement), they can predict the hand movements a user intends to make. This information is then used to control ...

Garcia-Pelegrin and his colleagues conclude that since the capuchins and the squirrel monkeys were familiar with the conjurer’s anatomy, they predicted his hand movements and were fooled as a ...