Two components of imagination constructing and evaluating imagined scenarios rely on separate subnetworks in the default mode network, according to research recently published in JNeurosci.
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IMAGE: Visual human brain areas preferentially activated for seeing images of hands and tools are depicted with squares. view more
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Visual brain areas involved in processing hands also encode information about the correct way to hold tools, according to new research published in
JNeurosci.
Each part of the brain s visual system activates in response to a certain type of item whether it s faces, tools, objects, or hands. Scientists assumed the brain segregates visual information in this way to optimize motor actions with tools. Yet most studies investigating the brain mechanisms for tool grasping used images of tools or hands, and no actual hand movements were performed.
May 5, 2021
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The 2021 Gruber Neuroscience Prize is being awarded to neuroscientists Christine Petit, M.D., Ph.D., of the Institut Pasteur and Collège de France, and Christopher A. Walsh, MD, PhD, of Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, for their groundbreaking work in revealing the genetic and molecular mechanisms behind the development of inherited neurodevelopmental disorders.
Petit is receiving the award for her seminal contributions to the understanding of the mechanisms involved with hearing and hearing loss. Walsh is receiving the award for his novel and fundamental insights into the development of the cerebral cortex and genetic brain disorders, including inherited forms of epilepsy and autism spectrum disorder.