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     Things like watching my finger move, and expecting images in the background to remain still are things I have always taken for granted. It's absolutely amazing how our brain can provide the complex function of keeping an image still as it moves across the retina through the interaction of corollary discharge signals.  But also, this brings up the point that the reality we perceive depends on if our corollary discharge signal are in effect, or how they are interacting. Corollary discharge signals might be interacting differently in different people and thus different people might interpret the same reality in different ways. Thus, a stampede of questions comes into mind.

 Is this part of  the explanation for individuality? Does this contribute to why we are all different from each other? Is it possible that we each may have different central pattern generators that generate patterns for the interaction of corollary discharge signals? Could this explain why people have different unique walks, different enough from another person to verify your identity?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2712995.stm

Could this explain why our enjoyment of types of music varies from person to person? Why some have more rhythym than others? Does trying to explain these individual differences with central pattern generators and patterns of corollary discharge signals seem too farfetched?

We are all equipped with  generally the same brains, with the same parts and connections, capable of the same functions yet we are all so different with regard to personalities, skills and talents, and preferences. I personally think the variability of central pattern generators and how corollary discharge signals interact in each person might explain this.