Michael J Carter

Deliberation is a controllable process governed by desirability and cognitive effort

The paper develops a theory where desirability and cognitive effort govern deliberation, explaining behavioral and neural phenomena across contexts.

Involuntary feedback responses reflect a representation of partner actions

The paper shows that involuntary visuomotor feedback responses reflect a partner representation and consider the partner's movement cost during cooperative tasks.

Cerebrovascular Responses to Static and Rhythmic Handgrip Exercises

This study compares cerebrovascular and systemic responses to static and rhythmic handgrip exercises at different intensities in healthy adults, finding that rhythmic exercise at moderate intensity induces greater cerebrovascular adaptations with lower perceived exertion.

Online movements reflect ongoing deliberation

The paper shows that hand movements during tasks reflect ongoing decision deliberation before a decision is made, with urgency signals influencing movement patterns.

Reinforcement-Based Processes Actively Regulate MotorExploration Along Redundant Solution Manifolds

This study shows that reinforcement-based processes actively regulate motor exploration along redundant solution manifolds, challenging the idea that such behavior is passive.

Gaze Behaviour Reveals Flexible Encoding of Competing Reach Goals Under Conditions of Target Uncertainty

This study shows that the brain often encodes multiple motor goals before target selection under uncertainty, based on gaze behavior analysis during a reach task.