Toward a spatiotemporal neurocognitive framework of manipulable object processing

• Tools elicit specific patterns of M/EEG activity from as early as 66 ms. • Mu rhythm desynchronization reflects tool-related visuomotor preparatory processes. • Tools engage dorsal and ventral streams in a dynamic, time-dependent manner. • We propose timing of computational dependencies between tool network nodes. • Novel spatiotemporal model of tool-directed actions (reach, grasp, and use).