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Getting a leg up: Hand task training transfers motor knowledge to feet
March 30, 2017 by NewsBot
The human brain's cerebellum controls the body's ability to tightly and accurately coordinate and time movements as fine as picking up a pin and as muscular as running a foot race. Now, researchers have added to evidence that this structure also helps transfer so-called motor learning from one part of the body to another.