Recent findings have altered radically our thinking about the functional role of the parietal cortex. According to this view, the parietal lobe consists of a multiplicity of areas with specific connections to the frontal lobe. These areas, together with the frontal areas to which they are connected, mediate distinct sensorimotor transformations related to the control of hand, arm, eye or head movements. Space perception is not unitary, but derives from the joint activity of the fronto-parietal circuits that control actions requiring space computation.
Parietal cortex: from sight to action / Rizzolatti, Giacomo; Fogassi, Leonardo; Gallese, Vittorio. - In: CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0959-4388. - 7:(1997), pp. 562-567.
Parietal cortex: from sight to action
RIZZOLATTI, Giacomo;FOGASSI, Leonardo;GALLESE, Vittorio
1997-01-01
Abstract
Recent findings have altered radically our thinking about the functional role of the parietal cortex. According to this view, the parietal lobe consists of a multiplicity of areas with specific connections to the frontal lobe. These areas, together with the frontal areas to which they are connected, mediate distinct sensorimotor transformations related to the control of hand, arm, eye or head movements. Space perception is not unitary, but derives from the joint activity of the fronto-parietal circuits that control actions requiring space computation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
