Rizzolatti Giacomo, Fogassi Leonardo, and Luppino Giuseppe
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- August 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780262015233
- eISBN:
- 9780262295444
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262015233.003.0021
- Subject:
- Neuroscience, Research and Theory
This chapter describes how visual information is transformed into motor acts. It examines the concept of two visual systems and illustrates that the dorsal stream is actually formed by two basically ...
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This chapter describes how visual information is transformed into motor acts. It examines the concept of two visual systems and illustrates that the dorsal stream is actually formed by two basically independent pathways. It also considers the issue of the role of different visual streams in perception. This chapter shows that V6 is an extrastriate area at the origin of a relatively direct visuomotor pathway, which conveys visual information to caudal superior parietal lobule (SPL) areas. It suggests that the two dorsal streams play a differential role in the organization of visuomotor behavior. It also demonstrates that the actions and space organization are the building blocks on which perception is built.Less
This chapter describes how visual information is transformed into motor acts. It examines the concept of two visual systems and illustrates that the dorsal stream is actually formed by two basically independent pathways. It also considers the issue of the role of different visual streams in perception. This chapter shows that V6 is an extrastriate area at the origin of a relatively direct visuomotor pathway, which conveys visual information to caudal superior parietal lobule (SPL) areas. It suggests that the two dorsal streams play a differential role in the organization of visuomotor behavior. It also demonstrates that the actions and space organization are the building blocks on which perception is built.
