Visual Categorization and the Parietal Cortex

The primate brain is adept at rapidly grouping items and events into functional classes, or categories, in order to recognize the significance of stimuli and guide behavior. Higher cognitive functions have traditionally been considered the domain of frontal areas. However, increasing evidence sugges...

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Main Authors: Jamie K Fitzgerald, Sruthi K Swaminathan, David J Freedman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnint.2012.00018/full