Interregional synchrony of visuomotor tracking: perturbation effects and individual differences

Spap�, Michiel M.; Serrien, Deborah J.

Abstract

The present study evaluated the neural and behavioural correlates associated with a visuomotor tracking task during which a sensory perturbation was introduced that created a directional bias between moving hand and cursor position. The results revealed that trajectory error increased as a result of the perturbation in conjunction with a dynamic neural reorganization of cluster patterns that reflected distinct processing. In particular, a negatively activated cluster, characterizing the degraded information processing due to the perturbation, involved both hemispheres as well as midline area. Conversely, a positively activated cluster, indicative of compensatory processing was strongly confined to the left (dominant) hemisphere. In addition, a brain-behavioural association of good vs. poor performing participants enabled to localize a neural circuit within the left hemisphere and midline area that linked with successful performance. Overall, these data reinforce the functional significance of interregional synchrony in defining response output and behavioural success.

Citation

Spapé, M. M., & Serrien, D. J. (2010). Interregional synchrony of visuomotor tracking: perturbation effects and individual differences. Behavioural Brain Research, 213(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2010.05.029

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2010
• Deposit Date: Jun 8, 2012
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 8, 2012
• Journal: Behavioural Brain Research
• Print ISSN: 0166-4328
• Electronic ISSN: 1872-7549
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 213
• Issue: 2
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2010.05.029
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1013234
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2010.05.029
• Additional Information: NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Behavioural Brain Research. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Behavioural Brain Research, 213, 2 (2010) doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2010.05.029