Reference frames in “tactile localization”: conceptual confusions

titleReference frames in “tactile localization”: conceptual confusions
start_date2024/12/12
schedule14h
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location_infoBât. Inserm Bron 2
detailsséminaire IMPACT
summaryIt has been a long-standing idea that tactile stimuli are automatically recoded in a 3D-like spatial code, often referred to as “external reference frame of touch”. I will present the idea (and some evidence) that touch is coded only anatomically, and that external coding is relevant for coding limb position (not stimuli). I will re-interpret well-known errors in tactile paradigms as indicating coding of the limbs’ current and default postures and incorrect assignment of tactile stimuli to a body part. I’ll integrate this with how we can make movements to tactile locations despite touch not being coded spatially.
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