A model of reaching via subriemannian geodesics in Engel-type group

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Authors: Caterina Mazzetti, A. Sarti, Giovanna Citti 

Publication date: 13 January 2023

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a model of arm reaching movements expressed in terms of geodesics in a sub-Riemannian space. We will choose a set of kinematic variables to which motor cortical cells are selective with the purpose of modelling the specific task of reaching. Minimizing trajectories will be recovered as suitable geodesics of the geometric spaces arising from the selective behaviour of M1 neurons. We will then extend this model by including the direction of arm movement. On this set, we will define a suitable sub-Riemannian metric able to provide a geometric interpretation of two-dimensional task-dependent arm reaching movements.

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