RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHT ADVISORS URLs SENS OR Y S Y S T E M S NANCY ANDREASEN UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, IA, USA ALLAN BASBAUM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA RANDY BUCKNER WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, In order to understand someone There could be two explanations found that the patient performed the MO, USA else’s actions, we have to remap for these results: the patients could task differently from the controls. This DAVID CLAPHAM what we observe onto an internal have some sort of sensory loss, meant that cues that normally signal HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, representation of our own actions. which interferes with their percep- weight expectation were absent, lead- MA, USA But what happens if there is a deficit tion of others’ actions, or there could ing to difficulty judging his actions. PIETRO DE CAMILLI in the knowledge of one’s own body? be a problem with the internal rep- Therefore, subconscious sensori- YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF Writing in Nature Neuroscience, resentation used for the remapping motor schemas are crucial to success- MEDICINE, CT, USA Bosbach and colleagues show that of the perceived action. To distin- fully judging mismatches between BARRY EVERITT patients without the senses of cuta- guish between these possibilities, action preparation and perform- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, neous touch and proprioception are the researchers asked one of the ance. The lack of such schemas can UK impaired in extracting information patients to pick up the box himself, significantly worsen the perform- GORDON FISHELL from the actions of others. and...