Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Table of Contents - 2004 - Volume 27, Issue 03  


Short Communication

Where in the brain does the forward model lurk?

Opher Donchin a1 and Amir Raz a2
a1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 opher@bme.jhu.edu http://www.bme.jhu.edu/~opher
a2 Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032 ar2241@columbia.edu

Abstract

The general applicability of forward models in brain function has previously been recognized. Grush's contribution centers largely on broadening the extent and scope of forward models. However, in his effort to expand and generalize, important distinctions may have been overlooked. A better grounding in the underlying physiology would have helped to illuminate such valuable differences and similarities.