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Revisiting parallel and serial processing in the somatosensory system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2007

Preston E. Garraghty
Preston E. Garraghty
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-7007. pgarragh@indiana.edu
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Abstract

The issue of whether information is processed in parallel or in series in the somatosensory system is complicated by a number of factors. Included among these is the failure on the part of the scientific community to reach a consensus as to what actually constitutes the primary somatosensory cortex (SI) in higher primates. A second, related issue is the marked difference in the organization of the cortical areas subserving somatosensation across species.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , April 2007 , pp. 208 - 209
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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