The influences of target size and recent experience on the vigour of adjustments to ongoing movements

Brenner, Eli; Hardon, Hidde; Moesman, Ryan; Crowe, Emily M.; Smeets, Jeroen B. J.

doi:10.1007/s00221-022-06325-7

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation over supramarginal gyrus stimulates primary motor cortex directly and impairs manual dexterity: implications for TMS focality (2024)
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Based on human motor cortex, the effective spatial resolution of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is often described as 5-20 mm, because small changes in TMS coil position can have large effects on motor-evoked potentials (MEPs). MEPs are ofte... Read More about Transcranial magnetic stimulation over supramarginal gyrus stimulates primary motor cortex directly and impairs manual dexterity: implications for TMS focality.

Book review: Attending to Moving Objects by Holcombe, Alex (2023)
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Spatial contextual cues that help predict how a target will accelerate can be used to guide interception (2023)
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Objects in one's environment do not always move at a constant velocity but often accelerate or decelerate. People are very poor at visually judging acceleration and normally make systematic errors when trying to intercept accelerating objects. If the... Read More about Spatial contextual cues that help predict how a target will accelerate can be used to guide interception.

Online updating of obstacle positions when intercepting a virtual target (2023)
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People rely upon sensory information in the environment to guide their actions. Ongoing goal-directed arm movements are constantly adjusted to the latest estimate of both the target and hand's positions. Does the continuous guidance of ongoing arm mo... Read More about Online updating of obstacle positions when intercepting a virtual target.

Slightly perturbing the arm influences choices between multiple targets (2023)
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We constantly make choices about how to interact with objects in the environment. Do we immediately consider changes in our posture when making such choices? To find out, we examined whether motion in the background, which is known to influence the t... Read More about Slightly perturbing the arm influences choices between multiple targets.

How similar are responses to background motion and target displacements? (2022)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.