Somato-motor haptic processing in posterior inner perisylvian region (SII/pIC) of the macaque monkey.

The posterior inner perisylvian region including the secondary somatosensory cortex (area SII) and the adjacent region of posterior insular cortex (pIC) has been implicated in haptic processing by integrating somato-motor information during hand-manipulation, both in humans and in non-human primates...

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Main Authors: Hiroaki Ishida, Luca Fornia, Laura Clara Grandi, Maria Alessandra Umiltà, Vittorio Gallese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3728371?pdf=render