Does anyone know where eye-hand coordination takes place in the body?

Question

I need help about where eye-hand coordination takes place in the body i am guessing in the eye and hand but i know its most likely wrong so i need some and that would be nice thanks :) Oh, it needs to be from a reliable source like a website or book and if so can you please tell me the website and the book name just put it in biography form

Answer 1

the cerebellum

the cerebellum is just what its name implies ( cerebellum in latin means little cerebrum or little brain) it is a structure that looks like a smaller copy of the brain that lies under the cerebrum and is responsible for many functions like motor coordination and stereotypic activity (like walking)
when you walk you do not think about moving every leg and arm to walk, its is done subconciously by the cerebellum, thats why people with disease of the cerebellum cannot walk right (drunken gait) and have clumsy hand skills (loss of eye-hand coordination)

the other posters seem to agree that it is in the cortex. i say no, normally the cerebellum acts as a processing center for all data related to motion on a level below cortical consciousness.
but some people who either due to congenital defect or disease or trauma do not have a cerebellum continue to function almost normally, and that is because the other parts of the brain take over making the movement to appear clumsy, hesitant but still acceptable.

Answer 2

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar2001/984788828.Ns.r.html

Hand-eye coordination refers to the interaction between the visual system and the motor system which allows people to use visual guidance to successfully grasp, manipulate and throw objects. Basically, people with good hand-eye coordination are those that can use their eyes (what they see) to guide their hand movements (what they do) with great precision. Athletes and artists are usually very good at this.

Hand-eye coordination develops quite early in the toddler, and all sorts of clever toys are designed to enhance these skills from an early age. Although the functions of the two hemispheres (sides of the brain) are less clearly differentiated in infants than in adults, the right hand of infants, like that of adults, is controlled by the left side of the brain and vice-versa.

About 90% of humans are right-handed (much better at controlling their right hand than their left hand). Therefore, you can say that their left hemisphere is better at coordinating hand movement with visual input that the right hemisphere. In left handers, the right hemisphere is better and in very few people, called ambidextrous, both hands are equally skilled and both hemispheres are therefore equally efficient at this task.

I you want to learn more about the difference between the two sides of our brain, have a look at the most complete and well written volume on the topic, Hellige’s Hemispheric Asymmetry (2000).

Answer 3

the eye-hand coordination takes place in the brain, to be more specific in the crebrum, which is the center of intellect, memory, language, and consciousness; receives and interprets sensory information; -and what you are interested- motor functions.

Answer 4

Uhh hmmm... the brain? Lol.

Answer 5

the brain!

most likely the CEREBELLUM