Simulation modifies prehension: evidence for a conjoined representation of the graspable features of an object and the action of grasping it.

Movement formulas, engrams, kinesthetic images and internal models of the body in action are notions derived mostly from clinical observations of brain-damaged subjects. They also suggest that the prehensile geometry of an object is integrated in the neural circuits and includes the object's gr...

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Main Authors: Victor Frak, Isabelle Croteau, Daniel Bourbonnais, Christian Duval, Cyril Duclos, Henri Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1819563?pdf=render