Sensory Neuroscience: from Skin to Object in the Somatosensory Cortex.
From: Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK. p.haggard@ucl.ac.uk
Current biology : CB
- Publish Date: Oct 2006
- ISSN: 0960-9822
- Volume: 16
- Issue: 20
- Pages: R884-6
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Haggard Patrick, et al. Sensory Neuroscience: from Skin to Object in the Somatosensory Cortex.. Curr. Biol. Oct 2006;16:R884-6
Abstract
Humans can perceive the shape of objects by touch alone, by extracting geometric features such as edges. Recently recorded responses of single neurons in the secondary somatosensory cortex of monkeys suggest how the brain integrates tactile shape information across different regions of skin and builds up a representation of tactile objects.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Haplorhini, Models, Neurological, Neural Pathways, Neurons, Afferent, Skin Physiology, Somatosensory Cortex, Touch
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