Cover legend: Cover legend: Reaching toward a target located far from the body requires the use of both arm and eye position signals. Reaching neurons in area PE of the posterior parietal cortex of primates are predominantly influenced by hand signals. ‘Monkey reaching for the moon’ (Shosan circa 1910), courtesy of Connecticut College's collection. For more information, see the article by Ferraina et al. in this issue (pages 11461–11470).