Hostname: page-component-7c8c6479df-fqc5m Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-03-19T02:02:41.405Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Does sensorimotor contingency theory account for perceptual-motor dissociations?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2002

Francesco Lacquaniti
Affiliation:
Human Physiology Section, Scientific Institute Santa Lucia and University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” 00179 Rome, Italylacquaniti@caspur.itm.zago@hsantalucia.it
Myrka Zago
Affiliation:
Human Physiology Section, Scientific Institute Santa Lucia and University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” 00179 Rome, Italylacquaniti@caspur.itm.zago@hsantalucia.it

Abstract

We review studies that indicate a dissociation between the perceptual estimate and the resulting cognitive representation of given properties of a seen object, on the one hand, and the motor action exerted on the same object. We propose that there exist multiple levels of organization of sensorimotor loops and that internal models may be made accessible to one level of organization while remaining inaccessible to another level.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)