All Outputs (4)

How similar are responses to background motion and target displacements? (2022)
Journal Article
Crowe, E. M., Vellekoop, P., van Meteren, C., Smeets, J. B. J., & Brenner, E. (2022). How similar are responses to background motion and target displacements?. Experimental Brain Research, 240(10), 2667-2676. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-022-06436-1

When making a goal-directed movement towards a target, our hand follows abrupt background motion. This response resembles that of a shift in the target’s position. Does background motion simply change the position towards which the movement is guided... Read More about How similar are responses to background motion and target displacements?.

Hand movements respond to any motion near the endpoint (2022)
Journal Article
Crowe, E. M., Smeets, J. B. J., & Brenner, E. (2022). Hand movements respond to any motion near the endpoint. Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics, 84(6), 1820-1825. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-022-02471-w

Hand movements are pulled in the direction of motion near their planned endpoints. Is this an automatic response to motion signals near those positions, or do we consider what is moving? To find out, we asked participants to hit a target that moved r... Read More about Hand movements respond to any motion near the endpoint.

A calming hug: Design and validation of a tactile aid to ease anxiety (2022)
Journal Article
Haynes, A. C., Lywood, A., Crowe, E. M., Fielding, J. L., Rossiter, J. M., & Kent, C. (2022). A calming hug: Design and validation of a tactile aid to ease anxiety. PLoS ONE, 17(3), Article e0259838. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259838

Anxiety disorders affect approximately one third of people during their lifetimes and are the ninth leading cause of global disability. Current treatments focus on therapy and pharmacological interventions. However, therapy is costly and pharmacologi... Read More about A calming hug: Design and validation of a tactile aid to ease anxiety.

The influences of target size and recent experience on the vigour of adjustments to ongoing movements (2022)
Journal Article
Brenner, E., Hardon, H., Moesman, R., Crowe, E. M., & Smeets, J. B. J. (2022). The influences of target size and recent experience on the vigour of adjustments to ongoing movements. Experimental Brain Research, 240(4), 1219-1229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-022-06325-7

People adjust their on-going movements to changes in the environment. It takes about 100 ms to respond to an abrupt change in a target’s position. Does the vigour of such responses depend on the extent to which responding is beneficial? We asked part... Read More about The influences of target size and recent experience on the vigour of adjustments to ongoing movements.