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A call to arms: Somatosensory perception and action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2007

Gerry Leisman  and
Robert Melillo
Gerry Leisman
Affiliation:
F. R. Carrick Institute for Clinical Ergonomics, Rehabilitation and Applied Neuroscience of Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, England, United KingdomLS1 3HEg.Leisman@leedsmet.ac.uk Department of Neuroscience, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel31905. drrm1019@aol.com
Robert Melillo
Affiliation:
F. R. Carrick Institute for Clinical Ergonomics, Rehabilitation and Applied Neuroscience of Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, England, United KingdomLS1 3HEg.Leisman@leedsmet.ac.uk
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Abstract

Somatosensory processing for action guidance can be dissociated from perception and memory processing. The dorsal system has a global bias and the ventral system has a local processing bias. Autistics illustrate the point, showing a bias for part over wholes. Lateralized differences have also been noted in these modalities. The multi-modal dysfunction observed may suggest more an issue of interhemispheric communication.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 214 - 215
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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