The division of cortical visual processing into distinct dorsal and ventral streams is a key
framework that has guided visual neuroscience. The characterization of the ventral stream …

Highlights•Provides an up-to-date overview of human brain areas implicated in
actions.•Reviews new advances from brain decoding (multivariate pattern analysis …

The book you are about to read is about research that asks questions like" How do our
senses operate?"" What is the connection between nervous system activity and perception?" …

Traditionally, research on vision focused on its role in perception and our cognitive life.
Except for the study of eye movements, which have been regarded as an information …

The brain is a plastic organ with a capability to reorganize in response to behavior and/or
injury. Following injury to the motor cortex or emergent corticospinal pathways, recovery of …

Picking up a cup requires transporting the arm to the cup (transport component) and
preshaping the hand appropriately to grasp the handle (grip component). Here, we used …

How and where in the human brain high-level sensorimotor processes such as intentions
and decisions are coded remain important yet essentially unanswered questions. This is in …

In primates, control of the limb depends on many cortical areas. Whereas specialized
parietofrontal circuits have been proposed for different movements in macaques, functional …

In both macaque and human brain, information regarding visual motion flows from the
extrastriate area V6 along two different paths: a dorsolateral one towards areas MT/V5, MST …

Prehension, the capacity to reach and grasp, is the key behavior that allows humans to
change their environment. It continues to serve as a remarkable experimental test case for …