[Representing Spatial Information in the Parietal Association Cortex]

Abstract

Several clinical studies have shown that the parietal association cortex plays an important role in spatial perception. Electrophysiological studies on behaving monkeys initiated in the 1970s have revealed the presence of neurons in the parietal association cortex whose activity is related to spatial vision. Herein, we review previous studies on non-human primates and we present an overview of the neuronal representation of spatial information in the parietal association cortex.