The posterior parietal cortex remaps touch into external space

The posterior parietal cortex remaps touch into external space - If you have your eyes closed and are touched, you know where the touch took place in the "external space" around you—this involves combining somatosensory and proprioceptive information. In this video abstract, Patrick Haggard and colleagues explain their new work implicating part of the posterior parietal cortex in this example of multisensory integration. Read more in Azañón et al.