Studies in humans and non-human primates have provided evidence for storage of working
memory contents in multiple regions ranging from sensory to parietal and prefrontal cortex …

Highlights•Provides an up-to-date overview of human brain areas implicated in
actions.•Reviews new advances from brain decoding (multivariate pattern analysis …

The ability to identify and localize our own limbs is crucial for survival. Indeed, the majority of
our interactions with objects occur within the space surrounding the hands. In non-human …

Neuropsychological and neuroimaging data suggest a differential contribution of posterior
parietal regions during the different components of a transitive gesture. Reaching requires …

Sophisticated tool use is a defining characteristic of the primate species but how is it
supported by the brain, particularly the human brain? Here we show, using functional MRI …

Posterior parietal cortex (PPC) plays an important role in the planning and control of goal-
directed action. Single-unit studies in monkeys have identified reach-specific areas in the …

Motor planning plays a critical role in producing fast and accurate movement. Yet, the neural
processes that occur in human primary motor and somatosensory cortex during planning …

In primates, neural mechanisms for controlling skilled hand actions primarily rely on
sensorimotor transformations. These transformations are mediated by circuits linking specific …

Recent data and motor control theory argues that movement planning involves preparing the
neural state of primary motor cortex (M1) for forthcoming action execution. Theories related …

Planning object-directed hand actions requires successful integration of the movement goal
with the acting limb. Exactly where and how this sensorimotor integration occurs in the brain …