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Part of the human brain
The premotor cortex is an area of the motor cortex lying within the frontal lobe of the brain just anterior to the primary motor cortex. It occupies part of Brodmann area 6. It has been studied mainly in primates, including monkeys and humans. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Premotor cortexA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Initial conditions combine with sensory evidence to induce decision-related dynamics in premotor cortexInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Higher-order motor disordersThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Action recognition in the premotor cortexCited 3,491 times
- Go sideways: Primary motor cortexA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Supplementary motor areaA closely related topic
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Action recognition in the premotor cortex
Premotor cortex and the recognition of motor actions
PREMOTOR AND PARIETAL CORTEX: Corticocortical Connectivity and Combinatorial Computations
Robust neuronal dynamics in premotor cortex during motor planning
Visuospatial Properties of Ventral Premotor Cortex
The premotor cortex of the monkey
The Primate Premotor Cortex: Past, Present, and Preparatory
Functionally Specific Reorganization in Human Premotor Cortex
🆕 Influential since 2022
Initial conditions combine with sensory evidence to induce decision-related dynamics in premotor cortex
The dynamics and geometry of choice in the premotor cortex
Changing connectivity between premotor and motor cortex changes inter-areal communication in the human brain
Threat Detection in Nearby Space Mobilizes Human Ventral Premotor Cortex, Intraparietal Sulcus, and Amygdala
Fast-Spiking Interneurons of the Premotor Cortex Contribute to Initiation and Execution of Spontaneous Actions
📚 Books worth reading
Higher-order motor disordersHans-Joachim Freund, Marc Jeannerod · 2005
Neuro 101William Andrew MacKay · 1997
Neuroscience of rule-guided behavior · 2008
Spatial processing in navigation, imagery, and perceptionFred Mast, Lutz Jäncke · 2007- 📕The premotor cortexHui-Xin Qi · 1996
- 📕The syndrome of the premotor cortex in manFulton, John F. · 1934
- 📕The syndrome of the premotor cortex in manMargaret Alice Kennard · 1934
- 📕Functional and structural characterisation of finger representations in the lateral premotor cortex of the monkeyLaetitia Gabernet Hiersemenzel · 2001
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