Movement and prediction: Neurophysiological relations

Background: Forward models in motor control recent psychological models suggest that to plan an action is to predict its outcomes in terms of perception and proprioception. To anticipate how it will feel to move in a certain way, and how things will look, feel, smell, taste and sound in a few seconds, is at the basis of our ability to make the next step in an action. The algorithms and processes describing the computations which are required in this context are often framed in terms of forward models. It is suggested that the motor system of our brain is continuously setting up these forward models in order to e…