Pupil size as a window on neural substrates of cognition

S Joshi, JI Gold - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Cognitively driven pupil modulations reflect certain underlying brain functions. What do
these reflections tell us? Here, we review findings that have identified key roles for three …

Circuits for action and cognition: a view from the superior colliculus

MA Basso, PJ May - Annual review of vision science, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The superior colliculus is one of the most well-studied structures in the brain, and with each
new report, its proposed role in behavior seems to increase in complexity. Forty years of …

[HTML][HTML] How do the two visual streams interact with each other?

AD Milner - Experimental brain research, 2017 - Springer
The current consensus divides primate cortical visual processing into two broad networks or
“streams” composed of highly interconnected areas (Milner and Goodale 2006, 2008; …

The macaque lateral grasping network: a neural substrate for generating purposeful hand actions

E Borra, M Gerbella, S Rozzi, G Luppino - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2017 - Elsevier
In primates, neural mechanisms for controlling skilled hand actions primarily rely on
sensorimotor transformations. These transformations are mediated by circuits linking specific …

[HTML][HTML] The superior colliculus: cell types, connectivity, and behavior

X Liu, H Huang, TP Snutch, P Cao, L Wang… - Neuroscience Bulletin, 2022 - Springer
The superior colliculus (SC), one of the most well-characterized midbrain sensorimotor
structures where visual, auditory, and somatosensory information are integrated to initiate …

Anterior intraparietal area: a hub in the observed manipulative action network

M Lanzilotto, CG Ferroni, A Livi, M Gerbella… - Cerebral …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Current knowledge regarding the processing of observed manipulative actions (OMAs)(eg,
grasping, dragging, or dropping) is limited to grasping and underlying neural circuitry …

[HTML][HTML] Fast detector/first responder: interactions between the superior colliculus-pulvinar pathway and stimuli relevant to primates

SC Soares, RS Maior, LA Isbell, C Tomaz… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Primates are distinguished from other mammals by their heavy reliance on the visual sense,
which occurred as a result of natural selection continually favoring those individuals whose …

Computational architecture of the parieto-frontal network underlying cognitive-motor control in monkeys

R Caminiti, E Borra, F Visco-Comandini… - eneuro, 2017 - eneuro.org
The statistical structure of intrinsic parietal and parieto-frontal connectivity in monkeys was
studied through hierarchical cluster analysis. Based on their inputs, parietal and frontal …

Arm movements induced by electrical microstimulation in the superior colliculus of the macaque monkey

R Philipp, KP Hoffmann - Journal of Neuroscience, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
Neuronal activity in the deep layers of the macaque (Macaca mulatta) superior colliculus
(SC) and the underlying reticular formation is correlated with the initiation and execution of …

Triggering prepared actions by sudden sounds: reassessing the evidence for a single mechanism

W Marinovic, JR Tresilian - Acta Physiologica, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Loud acoustic stimuli can unintentionally elicit volitional acts when a person is in a state of
readiness to execute them (the StartReact effect). It has been assumed that the same …