Andersen, Richard Lab

<p>Jun 07, 2015 06:56 PM &nbsp;see his wonderful talks at TedX (2013... similar to talk at CNC June 2015).</p>

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While the concept of artificial intelligence has received a great deal of attention in the popular press, the actual determination of the neural basis of intelligence and behavior has proven to be a very difficult problem for neuroscientists.</p>

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<b> Our behaviors are dictated by our intentions</b>, but we have only recently begun to understand how the brain forms intentions to act.&nbsp;</p>

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The<b> posterior parietal cortex</b> is situated between the sensory and the movement regions of the cerebral cortex and serves as <b>a bridge from sensation to action</b>.&nbsp;</p>

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We have found that <b>an anatomical map of intentions</b> exists within this area, with <b>one part devoted to planning eye movements and another part to planning arm movements</b>.&nbsp;</p>

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The <b>action plans in the arm movement area exist in a cognitive form, specifying the goal of the intended movement</b> rather than particular signals to various muscle groups.&nbsp;</p>

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Current studies involve <b>examining decision making, stages in motor planning, coordinate transformations for sensory guided movements, and neural prosthetics using posterior parietal cortex neural activity</b>.....

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