Embodied Emergence of Temporal Complexity in Finger Tapping: Synaptic and Dopaminergic Control in Cortico-Basal Ganglia Loops
Andrea Tigrini, Haruki Shimokado, Kazuki Matsui, Alessandro Mengarelli, Rami Mobarak, Mara Scattolini, Federica Verdini, Laura Burattini, Taishin Nomura
This paper presents a computational model of finger tapping that shows how temporal complexity arises from neural and physical interactions, and how dopamine depletion disrupts this complexity, mimicking Parkinson's disease features.
bioRxiv · Sep 10, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience