Visuo-motor control: giving the brain a hand.
Sensory information is acquired in spatial coordinate systems linked to sense organs, yet movement must be executed in coordinate systems linked to motor effector organs. Neurophysiological experiments are yielding new insights into how the brain transforms coordinate systems to facilitate movement.
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Department of Neurobiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA. aaron@monkeybiz.stanford.edu.
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D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology