Abstract Anticipation increases the efficiency of cognitive processes by partial advance activation of the neural substrate involved in those processes. In the case of perceptual anticipation, a slow cortical potential named Stimulus-Preceding Negativity (...

Abstract The execution of efficient motor actions is often preceded by preparation in the central nervous system. Although this kind of preparation cannot be observed directly, it, nevertheless, shortens reaction time. In this review we focus on two types ...

Abstract This review examines ERP data that document the mechanisms and neural bases of time processing in the millisecond-to-minute range. Several types of ERP attest to the existence of timing capacities. Among them, one component of the Contingent ...

Abstract Studies are reviewed that used movement-related EEG potentials to investigate impairments of movement control in neurological patients. The EEG potentials reviewed are the Bereitschaftspotential (BP), Contingent Negative Variation (CNV), and ...

Abstract Since 1996 we have been teaching more than 18 severely or totally paralyzed patients to successfully control the movements of a cursor on a computer screen by means of systematic changes in the amplitudes of their slow cortical potentials (SCPs;

Abstract Although it has long been suggested that the basal ganglia and thalamus are involved in movement planning and preparation, there was little direct evidence in humans to support this hypothesis. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well-established ...

Abstract It is as yet unclear why a unilateral self-paced movement in human and nonhuman primates is preceded by a bilateral Bereitschaftspotential (BP) or readiness potential (RP). The RP consists of an early symmetrical part (termed BP1 or RP), ...