Cell Press, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 5(20), p. 321-323, 2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2016.03.007
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Oscillatory activity in the beta frequency range from sensorimotor cortices is modulated by movement; however, the functional role of this activity remains unknown. In a recent study, Tan et al. tested a novel hypothesis that beta power reflects estimates of uncertainty in parameters of motor forward models.