<p>The Lateralized Readiness Potential can be considered a later component of a more generalized Readiness Potential, i.e., an LRP would develop out of an RP. As such, RPs can be interesting if you want to determine the earliest point in time at which a movement plan "gets worked on" in the motor cortex.</p>

<p>For reference, I recommend reading these sources and I hope you will be able to find your way around the paywall:</p>

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<li><p><a href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-64373-1_8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Predicting Motor Intentions with Closed-Loop Brain-Computer Interfaces</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/113/4/1080.short" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The point of no return in vetoing self-initiated movements</a></p></li>
</ul>

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<p>Readiness Potential (RP) has been obviously discovered before Lateralized Readiness Potential (LRP). I wonder, is simple RP still used for something today? Is the LRP preferable over RP because of more precise localization of the effect / component?</p>

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Readiness Potential vs. Lateralized Readiness Potential in ERP
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# Readiness Potential vs. Lateralized Readiness Potential in ERP

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-01)

Readiness Potential (RP) has been obviously discovered before Lateralized Readiness Potential (LRP). I wonder, is simple RP still used for something today? Is the LRP preferable over RP because of more precise localization of the effect / component?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-09-13. Score: 3

The Lateralized Readiness Potential can be considered a later component of a more generalized Readiness Potential, i.e., an LRP would develop out of an RP. As such, RPs can be interesting if you want to determine the earliest point in time at which a movement plan "gets worked on" in the motor cortex.

For reference, I recommend reading these sources and I hope you will be able to find your way around the paywall:

* [Predicting Motor Intentions with Closed-Loop Brain-Computer Interfaces](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-64373-1_8)
* [The point of no return in vetoing self-initiated movements](http://www.pnas.org/content/113/4/1080.short)


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