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Progress in Motor Control

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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Southern California, 3710 S. McClintock Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2905, USA

    Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas

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Valero-Cuevas, F.J. (2009). Why the Hand?. In: Sternad, D. (eds) Progress in Motor Control. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 629. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77064-2_29

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