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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Researchers find monkeys' perceptions of touch match frontal lobe activity
December 17th, 2005
Perceiving a simple touch may depend as much on memory, attention, and expectation as on the stimulus itself, according to new research from Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists who found that monkeys' perceptions of touch match brain activity in the frontal lobe, an area that assimilates many types of neural information. International research scholar Ranulfo Romo and Victor de Lafuente, Institute of Cellular Physiology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, report their results in the journal Nature Neuroscience, also published early online. Neuroscientist have questioned how the brain converts sensory input to perceptual...
Source: Mental Health Law Weekly (2005-12-17)
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