Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
5 p.; 24 cm
Publication Date
4-2013
Publisher
Elsevier
Source Publication
Neuroscience Letters
Source ISSN
0304-3940
Original Item ID
doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.02.045; PubMed Central, PMCID: PMC3632336
Abstract
Separating visual and proprioceptive information in terms of workspace locations during reaching movement has been shown to disturb transfer of visuomotor adaptation across the arms. Here, we investigated whether separating visual and motor workspaces would also disturb generalization of visuomotor adaptation across movement conditions within the same arm. Subjects were divided into four experimental groups (plus three control groups). The first two groups adapted to a visual rotation under a “dissociation” condition in which the targets for reaching movement were presented in midline while their arm performed reaching movement laterally. Following that, they were tested in an “association” condition in which the visual and motor workspaces were combined in midline or laterally. The other two groups first adapted to the rotation in one association condition (medial or lateral), then were tested in the other association condition. The latter groups demonstrated complete transfer from the training to the generalization session, whereas the former groups demonstrated substantially limited transfer. These findings suggest that when visual and motor workspaces are separated, two internal models (vision-based one, proprioception-based one) are formed, and that a conflict between the two disrupts the development of an overall representation that underlies adaptation to a novel visuomotor transform.
Recommended Citation
Lei, Yuming; Johnson, Michelle J.; and Wang, Jinsung, "Separation of Visual and Motor Workspaces During Targeted Reaching Results in Limited Generalization of Visuomotor Adaptation" (2013). Biomedical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications. 343.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bioengin_fac/343
Comments
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Neuroscience Letters. 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 Neuroscience Letters, Vol. 541 (April 2013): 243-247. DOI. : © 2013 Elsevier. Used with permission.