Simon Thibault

2 months ago | biorxiv.org | Simon Thibault |Aaron Wong |Laurel J Buxbaum |Thomas Jefferson

AbstractIndividuals who have experienced a left hemisphere cerebrovascular accident (LCVA) have been shown to make errors in naturalistic action tasks designed to assess the ability to perform everyday activities such as preparing a cup of coffee. Naturalistic action errors in this population are often attributed to limb apraxia, a common deficit in the representation and performance of object-related actions.

Jun 12, 2024 | jneurosci.org | Simon Thibault

Using tools is an extraordinarily refined motor skill in humans (Vaesen, 2012). The neural correlates of tool use have been studied for a long time, initially with neuropsychological investigations (Liepmann, 1908) and more recently with neuroimaging techniques (Brandi et al., 2014; Thibault et al., 2021). These studies converge to show that using tools involves a left-lateralized network including the frontal, parietal, and occipitotemporal areas (Lewis, 2006).