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somatotopic organization

somatotopic organization Somatotopic organization is a patterned brain mapping in which seeing or using a particular body part is linked to activity in the corresponding sensorimotor area for that body part.

Somatotopic organization is a patterned brain mapping in which seeing or using a particular body part is linked to activity in the corresponding sensorimotor area for that body part. In this context, it refers to the matching of observed hand or foot actions with hand- or foot-related regions of the observer’s brain.

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Drafting source: Saby Joni N.; Meltzoff Andrew N.; Marshall Peter J.. Infants’ Somatotopic Neural Responses to Seeing Human Actions: I’ve Got You under My Skin. 2013; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0077905; article XML SHA-256 b6b3e9d3f87f7995b6fba4634ab72a8d6f10554680144f27aefa48aaa29b1f60. “Infants’ Somatotopic Neural Responses to Seeing Human Actions: I’ve Got You under My Skin” (10.1371/journal.pone.0077905).
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