Conservation of preparatory neural events regardless of how movement is initiated
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1 Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA. York, USA. 2 Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA 3 David Mahoney Center for Brain and Behavior Research, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA. 4 Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA. 5 Grossman Center for the Statistics of Mind, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New 6 Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
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