Stalling for Time: It’s Not the Magnitude, but the Way Neurons Fire that Matters.

In this issue of Neuron , Stavisky et al. (2017) demonstrate that visual feedback in M1 during reaching initially reflects a specific pattern of neural activity that does not generate motor output and then is altered to a pattern that does generate motor output. This switch likely provides time for the motor system to consider various behavioral factors when specifying the appropriate motor response during voluntary motor actions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]