Neural Selection and Control of Action
Jeffrey D. Schall · 2004
Abstract This chapter is concerned with how perception guides action and with how actions are chosen and controlled to achieve goals. Human performance seems unexplainable without referring to unobservable processes such as encoding, categorizing, deciding, selecting, preparing, and monitoring. Neural correlates of each of these processes have been identified through both non-invasive and invasive monitoring methods. Indeed, single neurons can convey signals apparently sufficient to mediate these cognitive processes. A description of neural properties though, does not explain how the behavior and intermediate processes are produced. A complete explanation requires computational theories implemented in mathematical models.