Vision, Movement, and The Monkey Brain

Publication Year
1997

Type

Book Chapter
Abstract

We find it effortless to reach toward or avoid nearby objects.  However, the spatial and visuo-motor computations must be quite complicated, especially since our eyes, head, limbs, body, and the objects themselves may be continually changing positions. How does the brain construct a representation of the visual space surrounding the body, and how does this representation guide movement?

Book Title
The Association Cortex: Structure and Function
Pages
219-232
Publisher
Harwood Academic Publishers
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