Seeing and acting at the same time: challenges for brain (and) research.
Traditionally, studies of the visual system of nonhuman primates have investigated neurons while the animal fixates a target in a static environment. Clearly, this is not what our everyday life is like; neither the environment nor we are stationary while we act in our world. On the contrary, we constantly move our eyes or limbs. Here we review a number of recent studies describing the brain in a more realistic mode of operation.
Department of Neurophysics, Philipps-University Marburg, Renthof 7 / 202, D-35032, Marburg, Germany. frank.bremmer@physik.uni-marburg.de
Frank
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Bremmer
Bart
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Krekelberg
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D020645:Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology*; D013477:Superior Colliculi / Q000502:physiology*