By Ansgar Koene

Abstract

Internal models in motor control are neural mechanisms that simulate the motor system in order to estimate the effect of a motor command. Motor control in animals most frequently relies on internal models when sensory feedback during movement execution is too slow to provide on-line error correction. I will review some of the evidence concerning the use of internal models in motor control, the acquisition of internal models during skill learning and evidence that the cerebellum contains internal models of the motor apparatus.