Characterization of neurons in the primate medial intraparietal area reveals a joint representation of intended reach direction and amplitude.

To support accurate memory-guided reaching, the brain must represent both the direction and amplitude of reaches in a movement plan. Several cortical areas have been shown to represent the direction of a planned reaching movement, but the neuronal representation of reach amplitude is still unclear,...

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Main Authors: Rishi Rajalingham, Sam Musallam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5549983?pdf=render