Behavioural Models of Motor Control and Short-Term Memory

We examined in this review article the behavioural and conceptual models of motor control and short-term memory which have intensively been investigated since the 1970s. First, we reviewed both the dual-storage model of short-term memory in which movement information is stored and a typical model of motor control which emphasizes the importance of efferent factors. We then examined two models of preselection effects: a cognitive model and a cognitive/ efferent model. Following this we reviewed specific models of the control of movement endlocation (the mass-spring model) and of movement distance (the coding strategy explanations). Finally, we discussed the contribution of both kinesthetic signals and abstract code to the storage of location and distance information for controlling limb movements.