Involvement of human primary somatosensory cortex in vibrotactile detection depends on task demand

Detecting and discriminating sensory stimuli are fundamental functions of the nervous system. Electrophysiological and lesion studies suggest that macaque primary somatosensory cortex (SI) is critically involved in discriminating between stimuli, but is not required simply for detecting stimuli. By...

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Main Authors: Tamè, Luigi, Holmes, Nicholas P.
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34441/