Abstract
A newly identified class of neurons of the parietal cortex, studied in waking monkeys ( Macaca mulatta ), is activated by visual stimuli, perhaps via the retino-collicular visual pathway. This afferent input is thought to provide the visual cues activating the visuomotor mechanisms of the parietal lobe for the direction of visual attention.
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Posterior parietal cortexParietal lobeNeuroscienceAfferentPsychologyVisual cortexVisual perceptionLobeAnatomyBiologyPerception
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- 1977
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- 197
- Issue
- 4311
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- 1381-1383
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- 198
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Tom C. T. Yin,
Vernon B. Mountcastle
(1977).
Visual Input to the Visuomotor Mechanisms of the Monkey's Parietal Lobe.
Science
, 197
(4311)
, 1381-1383.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.408924
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- 10.1126/science.408924