The Posterior Parietal Cortex Remaps Touch into External Space

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Elena Azañón, Matthew R. Longo, Salvador Soto-Faraco, Patrick Haggard

Localizing tactile events in external space is required for essential functions such as orienting, haptic exploration, and goal-directed action in peripersonal space. In order to map somatosensory input into a spatiotopic representation, information about skin location must be integrated with proprioceptive information . . . → Read More: The Posterior Parietal Cortex Remaps Touch into External Space

Magnetoreception of Directional Information in Birds Requires Nondegraded Vision

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Katrin Stapput, Onur Güntürkün, Klaus-Peter Hoffmann, Roswitha Wiltschko, Wolfgang Wiltschko

The magnetic compass orientation of birds is light dependent [1,2]. The respective directional information, originating in radical pair processes [3,4,5], is mediated by the right eye [6]. These findings suggest possible interactions between magnetoreception and vision, in particular with the perception of contours, . . . → Read More: Magnetoreception of Directional Information in Birds Requires Nondegraded Vision