Perceiving and Acting in the Real World: From Neural Activity to Behavior

• Main Author: Simona Monaco (auth)
• Other Authors: Gavin Buckingham (auth), Irene Sperandio (auth), J. Douglas Crawford (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; perception and action; grasping; Proprioception; Vision; reaching; somatosensory processing; eye-hand coordination; motor control
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

One remarkable ability of the human brain is to process large amounts of information about our surroundings to allow us to interact effectively with them. In everyday life, the most common way to interact with objects is by reaching, grasping, lifting and manipulating them. Although these may sound...