Visual-Motor Integration in the Primate Brain

Maureen Hagan, Yan T. Wong, Bijan Pesaran

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Abstract

The visual system has evolved to help guide behavior. In primates, a network of brain areas work together to orchestrate eye, hand, and limb movements with precise spatial and temporal precision. Here we review the extensive behavioral and neurophysiological literature that has contributed to our understanding of how visual information is transformed to guide behavior.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Senses
Subtitle of host publicationA Comprehensive Reference
EditorsBernd Fritzch
Place of PublicationUnited States
PublisherElsevier
Chapter1.33
Pages532-548
Number of pages12
Volume1
Edition2nd
ISBN (Electronic)9780128054093
ISBN (Print)9780128054086
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Sept 2020

Keywords

  • Coordination
  • Gaze-shifts
  • Grasping
  • Head movements
  • Orienting
  • Posterior parietal cortex
  • Prehension
  • Premotor cortex
  • Pulvinar
  • Reaching
  • Reference frames
  • Saccades
  • Sensorimotor
  • Superior colliculus

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