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Left and right superior parietal lobule in tactile object discrimination
Author(s) -
Stoeckel M. C.,
Weder B.,
Binkofski F.,
Choi H.J.,
Amunts K.,
Pieperhoff P.,
Shah N. J.,
Seitz R. J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european journal of neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.346
H-Index - 206
eISSN - 1460-9568
pISSN - 0953-816X
DOI - 10.1111/j.0953-816x.2004.03185.x
Subject(s) - posterior parietal cortex , tactile perception , psychology , superior parietal lobule , functional magnetic resonance imaging , perception , object (grammar) , lateralization of brain function , parietal lobe , cortex (anatomy) , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , audiology , artificial intelligence , medicine , computer science
Tactile object discrimination is one of the major manual skills of humans. While the exploring finger movements are not perceived explicitly, attention to the movement‐evoked kinaesthetic information gates the tactile perception of object form. Using event‐related functional magnetic resonance imaging in seven healthy subjects we found one area in the right superior parietal cortex, which was specifically activated by kinaesthetic attention during tactile object discrimination. Another area with similar location in the left hemisphere was related to the maintenance of tactile information for subsequent object discrimination. We conclude that kinaesthetic information is processed in the anterior portion of the superior parietal cortex (aSPL) with a right hemispheric predominance for discrimination and a left hemispheric predominance for information maintenance.