Crossmodal and sensorimotor integration in tactile awareness

Authors
Vaishnavi, S Calhoun, J Chatterjee, A
Citation
S. Vaishnavi et al., Crossmodal and sensorimotor integration in tactile awareness, NEUROLOGY, 53(7), 1999, pp. 1596-1598
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEUROLOGY
ISSN journal
00283878 → ACNP
Volume
53
Issue
7
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1596 - 1598
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(19991022)53:7<1596:CASIIT>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We investigated tactile awareness in three patients with tactile extinction of stimuli located on contralesional somatotopic space. Contralesional tac tile awareness was enhanced when they gazed to the left and when they moved their limbs. We suggest that personal somatotopic and peripersonal space a re Integrated by polymodal and sensorimotor links, which allow us to be awa re of and act effectively on stimuli in space.