Contributions of the parietal cortex to increased efficiency of planning-based action selection.

ABSTRACT: Response selection is foundational to adaptive behavior, and considerable attention has been devoted to investigating this behavior under conditions in which the mapping between stimuli and responses is fixed. Results from prior studies implicate the left supramarginal gyrus (SMg), premotor and prefrontal cortices, as well as the cerebellum in this essential function. Yet, many goal-directed motor behaviors have multiple solutions with flexible mappings between stimuli and responses whose solutions are believed to involve prospective planning. Studies of selection under conditions of flexible mappings also reveal involvement of the left SMg, as well as bilateral premotor, superior parietal cortex (SPL) and pre-supplementary motor (pre-SMA) cortices, along with the cerebellum. This evidence

SUBMITTER: Randerath J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5651213 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature