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MULTIMODAL REPRESENTATION OF SPACE IN THE POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX AND ITS USE IN PLANNING MOVEMENTS

Andersen, Richard A., Snyder, Lawrence H., Bradley, David C., Xing, Jing·1997·Annual Review of Neuroscience
DOI 10.1146/annurev.neuro.20.1.303
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▪ Abstract Recent experiments are reviewed that indicate that sensory signals from many modalities, as well as efference copy signals from motor structures, converge in the posterior parietal cortex in order to code the spatial locations of goals for movement. These signals are combined using a specific gain mechanism that enables the different coordinate frames of the various input signals to be combined into common, distributed spatial representations. These distributed representations can be used to convert the sensory locations of stimuli into the appropriate motor coordinates required for making directed movements. Within these spatial representations of the posterior parietal cortex are neural activities related to higher cognitive functions, including attention. We review recent studies showing that the encoding of intentions to make movements is also among the cognitive functions of this area.

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  • Neurons in many cortical and subcortical brain areas exhibit robust gain modulation that may contribute to multiple cognitive functions, including attention, learning, sensory processing and multimodal integration.

    “Neurons in many cortical and subcortical brain areas exhibit robust gain modulation that may contribute to multiple cognitive functions, including attention, learning, sensory processing and multimodal integration1–3,7,8,13–17.”

    From Mechanisms underlying gain modulation in the cortex (2020) · cites this paper as [7]

  • Gain-modulated cells are suited to perform multimodal computations, such as conversions from sensory-centred into motor-centred reference frames, and for the generation of invariant responses to input features despite contextual variability.

    “Gain-modulated cells are ideally suited to perform multimodal computations, such as conversions from sensory-centred into motor-centred reference frames, and for the generation of invariant responses to input features despite contextual variability6–9.”

    From Mechanisms underlying gain modulation in the cortex (2020) · cites this paper as [7]

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Authors
Andersen, R. A., Snyder, L. H., Bradley, D. C., & Xing, J.
Affiliations
California Institute of Technology (US)
ORCID
Venue
Annual Review of Neuroscience
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Published
1997-03
Volume
20
Issue
1
Pages
303-330
ISSN
  • 0147-006X (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-4126
DOI
10.1146/annurev.neuro.20.1.303
OpenAlex
W2123086804
Cited by
1,486
References
73
Citations by year
2026: 26 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 37 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 54 · 2017: 42 · 2016: 34 · 2015: 45 · 2014: 38 · 2013: 47 · 2012: 45
FWCI
8.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Annual Review of Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Spatial Neglect and Hemispheric Dysfunction
Keywords
posterior parietal cortex, motor planning, efference copy, coordinate transformation, attention, sensorimotor integration
MeSH terms
Animals, Movement, Parietal Lobe, Space Perception

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