In reaction to the video game you are playing, your brain sends instructions to your fingers to press the correct buttons. The pathway is being used.

Pressing buttons involves consciously moving your fingers, which uses skeletal muscles. The somatic nervous system carries signals from the brain to skeletal muscles to control voluntary movement. The autonomic system controls involuntary functions such as heartbeat, while the sensory pathway carries information toward the brain.

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