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The superior part of the posterior parietal lobe is known to receive multimodal input. Lesion studies indicate that it is involved in a wide range of functions such as visuomotor coordination, visual and tactile recognition, visuo-constructive and visuo-spatial abilities and praxias. Recent activation studies have shown that discrete parts of the parietal cortex can be selectively activated by specific tasks. According to von Economo and Koskinas (1925) this whole region consists of a single architectonic area PE with local differences (PEm, PEp, PE(D), PEgamma); Brodmann (1909) distinguishes 2 areas (5 and 7).
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von Steinbüchel, N., Steffen, A., Wittmann, M. (1997). Functional Neuroanatomy and Functional Neurophysiology. In: von Steinbüchel, N., Steffen, A., Wittmann, M. (eds) 29th Annual General Meeting of the European Brain and Behaviour Society. Experimental Brain Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-40459-1_18
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