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Functional Architecture of Cortical Networks Underlying Visual Reaching

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Neural Bases of Motor Behaviour

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We exist within a intricate three-dimensional world where most of our movements are made with respect to targets and references rooted to objects which are external to our own bodies. The complexities of successfully navigating one’s limbs through this extrapersonal space have only recently become fully appreciated. Planning and execution of movements in extrapersonal space require the combination of information regarding the locations of targets of interest and information concerning the geometry of our own body with respect to those targets. The act of reaching to visual targets provides a good model for the study of this general problem encountered in motor control.

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Johnson, P.B., Ferraina, S., Caminiti, R. (1996). Functional Architecture of Cortical Networks Underlying Visual Reaching. In: Lacquaniti, F., Viviani, P. (eds) Neural Bases of Motor Behaviour. NATO ASI Series, vol 85. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2403-6_3

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