Topic: whisking strategy

The primary somatosensory area of the mammalian cerebral cortex is known to play a key role in tactile sensory processing and touch perception, which may not be restricted to an efficient analysis of the incoming sensory flow. Indeed, the neocortex is thought to be capable of generating predictions about future events based on the context, our past experiences and current motor actions. According to predictive coding theories, sensory perception would rely on the continuous comparison of expected sensory inputs with those actually received, and the error signal generated in case of mismatch be