Two distinct modes of control for object-directed action

• Published in: Progress in Brain Research Vol. 144; pp. 131 - 144
• Main Authors: A. Goodale, Melvyn, Westwood, David A., David Milner, A.
• Format: Book Chapter Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Science & Technology 2004
• Subjects: Humans; Memory - physiology; Nervous System Diseases - physiopathology; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Reaction Time; Vision, Ocular - physiology

There are multiple routes from vision to action that play a role in the production of visually guided reaching and grasping. What remain to be resolved, however, are the conditions under which these various routes are recruited in the generation of actions and the nature of the information they conv...