What the Cat’s Hindlimb Tells the Cat’s Spinal Cord

This is a paper about sensory information, rather than motor control. It is common for motor control physiologists to proceed by stating what information the somatosensory system should provide to service their particular theories of motor control. This often leads to attempts to “find” the right sensory information, to interpret what is found in narrow and even misleading ways, and even to criticise when what should be there is manifestly not. I wish only to summarise what sensory information is likely to be present and to speculate briefly about what might be done with it.