Brain Sciences (May 2022)

The Role of the Sensorimotor System in Cognitive Functions

  • Laila Craighero

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12050604
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 5
p. 604

Abstract

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The discovery of neurons with sensory properties in frontal motor circuits, and the discovery that these circuits send modulatory signals to the sensory parietal areas, strongly challenged the classical idea of a motor system as a mere executor of commands, and suggested that the sensorimotor system may contribute to the cognitive processes necessary for interaction with the world [...]

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