When gradient descent is applied to action <math> \dot{a} = -\partial_aF(s,\tilde{\mu}) </math>, motor control can be understood in terms of classical reflex arcs that are engaged by descending (corticospinal) predictions. This provides a formalism that generalizes the equilibrium point solution – to the [[degrees of freedom problem]]<ref>Feldman, A. G., & Levin, M. F. (1995). [http://e.guigon.free.fr/rsc/article/FeldmanLevin95.pdf The origin and use of positional frames of reference in motor control]. Behav Brain Sci. , 18, 723–806.</ref> – to movement trajectories. | When gradient descent is applied to action <math> \dot{a} = -\partial_aF(s,\tilde{\mu}) </math>, motor control can be understood in terms of classical reflex arcs that are engaged by descending (corticospinal) predictions. This provides a formalism that generalizes the equilibrium point solution – to the [[degrees of freedom problem]]<ref>Feldman, A. G., & Levin, M. F. (1995). [http://e.guigon.free.fr/rsc/article/FeldmanLevin95.pdf The origin and use of positional frames of reference in motor control]. Behav Brain Sci. , 18, 723–806.</ref> – to movement trajectories. |