Somatosensation: Touching the mind's fingers

Authors
Liu, J Newsome, WT
Citation
J. Liu et Wt. Newsome, Somatosensation: Touching the mind's fingers, CURR BIOL, 10(16), 2000, pp. R598-R600
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Experimental Biology
Journal title
CURRENT BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
09609822 → ACNP
Volume
10
Issue
16
Year of publication
2000
Pages
R598 - R600
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(20000824)10:16<R598:STTMF>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Whether mental operations can be reduced to the biological properties of th e brain has intrigued scientists and philosophers alike for millennia. New microstimulation experiments on awake, behaving monkeys establish causality between activity of specialized cortical neurons and a controlled behavior .