RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Behavioral neurophysiology: insights into seeing and grasping
JF Science
JO Science
FD American Association for the Advancement of Science
SP 736
OP 741
DO 10.1126/science.3187520
VO 242
IS 4879
A1 Wise, SP
A1 Desimone, R
YR 1988
UL http://science.sciencemag.org/content/242/4879/736.abstract
AB One marvels at a batter's ability to hit a baseball traveling at 150 kilometers per hour or a monkey's skill in snatching a flying insect. Indeed, the ability of many animals to reach out, grasp, and manipulate objects is a feat of biological engineering unmatched by even state-of-the-art robots. But how are the objects of our attention chosen and how are the eyes and hands directed to it? Recent progress in behavioral neurophysiology has clarified some of the brain mechanisms at work.