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Planning and control: Are they separable in the brain? Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2004

Myrka Zago*
Affiliation:
Department of Neuromotor Physiology, Scientific Institute Santa Lucia, 00179Rome, Italy
Francesco Lacquaniti*
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and Scientific Institute Santa Lucia, 00179Rome, Italy
Alexandra Battaglia-Mayer*
Affiliation:
Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,”00185Rome, Italy
Roberto Caminiti*
Affiliation:
Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,”00185Rome, Italy

Abstract:

We argue that planning and control may not be separable entities, either at the behavioural level or at the neurophysiological level. We review studies that show the involvement of superior and inferior parietal cortex in both planning and control. We propose an alternative view to the localization theory put forth by Glover.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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