The Oscillatory Network of Simple Bimanual Repetitive Movements

A characteristic of bimanual coordination is the strong and spontaneous tendency to favor spatially and temporally symmetric movements. This observation gave rise to the assumption that timing mechanisms controlling each hand independently might be integrated during bimanual temporal coordination. Although a specific role of the cerebellum for this integration process has been suggested, its neural foundations are still poorly understood. Since there is growing evidence that synchronization of oscillatory neural activity might be a fundamental mechanism of information coding in the brain, the aim of the present…