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Posterior parietal cortex: not just where, but how

Nature Neuroscience volume 5, pages 506–508 (2002)Cite this article

Posterior parietal cortex is critical for spatial processing. Calton et al. show that this area also represents the intention to make a certain type of movement, independent of its spatial target.

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  1. Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19104, Pennsylvania, USA

    Joshua I. Gold

  2. Department of Physiology and Biophysics and RPRC, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195, Washington, USA

    Mark E. Mazurek

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