[HTML][HTML] Meta-analytic evidence for a novel hierarchical model of conceptual processing

P Kuhnke, MC Beaupain, J Arola, M Kiefer… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conceptual knowledge plays a pivotal role in human cognition. Grounded cognition theories
propose that concepts consist of perceptual-motor features represented in modality-specific …

The dorsal frontoparietal network: a core system for emulated action

R Ptak, A Schnider, J Fellrath - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2017 - cell.com
The dorsal frontoparietal network (dFPN) of the human brain assumes a puzzling variety of
functions, including motor planning and imagery, mental rotation, spatial attention, and …

Shaping early reorganization of neural networks promotes motor function after stroke

LJ Volz, AK Rehme, J Michely, C Nettekoven… - Cerebral …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Neural plasticity is a major factor driving cortical reorganization after stroke. We here tested
whether repetitively enhancing motor cortex plasticity by means of intermittent theta-burst …

Action categories in lateral occipitotemporal cortex are organized along sociality and transitivity

MF Wurm, A Caramazza, A Lingnau - Journal of Neuroscience, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
How neural specificity for distinct conceptual knowledge categories arises is central for
understanding the organization of semantic memory in the human brain. Although there is a …

Task-dependent recruitment of modality-specific and multimodal regions during conceptual processing

P Kuhnke, M Kiefer, G Hartwigsen - Cerebral Cortex, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Conceptual knowledge is central to cognitive abilities such as word comprehension.
Previous neuroimaging evidence indicates that concepts are at least partly composed of …

Mechanisms of Hebbian‐like plasticity in the ventral premotor–primary motor network

A Casarotto, E Dolfini, P Cardellicchio… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The functional connection between ventral premotor cortex (PMv) and primary motor cortex
(M1) is critical for the organization of goal‐directed actions. Repeated activation of this …

[HTML][HTML] Visuo-haptic object perception for robots: an overview

N Navarro-Guerrero, S Toprak, J Josifovski… - Autonomous …, 2023 - Springer
The object perception capabilities of humans are impressive, and this becomes even more
evident when trying to develop solutions with a similar proficiency in autonomous robots …

Multiple functions of the angular gyrus at high temporal resolution

ML Seghier - Brain Structure and Function, 2023 - Springer
Here, the functions of the angular gyrus (AG) are evaluated in the light of current evidence
from transcranial magnetic/electric stimulation (TMS/TES) and EEG/MEG studies. 65 …

Frontoparietal tracts linked to lateralized hand preference and manual specialization

H Howells, M Thiebaut de Schotten… - Cerebral …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Humans show a preference for using the right hand over the left for tasks and activities of
everyday life. While experimental work in non-human primates has identified the neural …

[HTML][HTML] Decoding motor imagery and action planning in the early visual cortex: overlapping but distinct neural mechanisms

S Monaco, G Malfatti, JC Culham, L Cattaneo, L Turella - Neuroimage, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent evidence points to a role of the primary visual cortex that goes beyond visual
processing into high-level cognitive and motor-related functions, including action planning …