Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Table of Contents - 2007 - Volume 30, Issue 02  

Open Peer Commentary

Where are somatosensory representations stored and reactivated?

Katja Fiehlera1, Annerose Engela1 and Frank Röslera1

a1 Department of Experimental and Biological Psychology, Philipps University–Marburg, D-35032 Marburg, Germany. fiehler@staff.uni-marburg.de engel@staff.uni-marburg.de roesler@staff.uni-marburg.de http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb04/team-roesler/mitglieder/fiehler http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb04/team-roesler/mitglieder/engel http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~roesler/

Abstract

The studies cited by Dijkerman & de Haan (D&dH) stress the distinction between perception and action within the somatosensory system but provide little information about memory functions. Recent findings by our group and by others show that the dorsal stream is also activated during short-term memory maintenance and long-term memory retrieval of haptic information. These data complement and extend the proposed model.

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