Intention, action planning, and decision making in parietal-frontal circuits.

Full Abstract

The posterior parietal cortex and frontal cortical areas to which it connects are responsible for sensorimotor transformations. This review covers new research on four components of this transformation process: planning, decision making, forward state estimation, and relative-coordinate representations. These sensorimotor functions can be harnessed for neural prosthetic operations by decoding intended goals (planning) and trajectories (forward state estimation) of movements as well as higher cortical functions related to decision making and potentially the coordination of multiple body parts (relative-coordinate representations).

Author information

Author/s: Andersen, Richard A (RA); Cui, He (H);

Affiliation: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. andersen(-atsign-)vis.caltech.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review

Journal: Neuron (Neuron), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Sep; vol 63 (issue 5) : pp 568-83

Dates: Created 2009/09/16; Completed 2009/10/13;

PMID: 19755101, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/13/2009, IMS Date: )

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