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Neurocomputing aspects in modelling cursive handwriting.

P Morasso·V Sanguineti
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This paper describes a distributed modelling framework of the motor control processes that underly the planning of cursive handwriting. The model, that focuses on the hypothetical functions of the posterior parietal cortex combines a paradigm of self-organization (for building robust and coherent maps of the different motor spaces) with relaxation dynamics (for run-time incorporation of task constraints) and non-linear integration (for a smooth integration between via-points).

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Cerebral CortexHandwritingHumansModels, NeurologicalMusclesNeural Networks, ComputerPsychomotor PerformancePsychophysiologyJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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P Morasso, V Sanguineti. 1993. Neurocomputing aspects in modelling cursive handwriting.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-6918(93)90013-h

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