Contribution of the posterior parietal cortex in reaching, grasping, and using objects and tools

Neuropsychological and neuroimaging data suggest a differential contribution of posterior parietal regions during the different components of a transitive gesture. Reaching requires the integration of object location and body position coordinates and reaching tasks elicit bilateral activation in dif...

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Main Author: Guy eVingerhoets
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00151/full