Laura R. Edmondson

This study shows that primary somatosensory cortex digit representation is consistent between active and passive tasks, with active tasks better at fine-grained discrimination.

The paper uses linear models to show how sensory bottlenecks influence cortical resource allocation, finding that bottleneck width determines expansion or contraction of representations.

This study examines cortical hand map changes after finger nerve block, finding persistent representation despite input loss, suggesting distributed processing and homeostatic mechanisms.