 |
| Research article summary (published 30 Jan 2002): |
On the timing basis of bimanual coordination in discrete and continuous tasks.
Full Abstract
Motor events are behaviorally meaningful, discrete entities (e.g., key strokes) that are generated at some specific portion of an effector's movement trajectory. Bimanual coordination may be conceptualized with reference to such discrete motor events or with reference to continuous movement trajectories. Studies inspired by the former approach suggest that hand coordination is primarily achieved by assigning a coherent timing goal structure to the motor events produced by each hand. Studies conducted with the latter approach have shown that between-hand interdependence may also arise from the cross-coupling of the command signals that generate each hand's motion. Little is known, however, about the relationships between timing-level coordination and trajectory-level coordination of the hands. Some aspects of these relationships are analyzed using data from experiments that involved bimanual finger tapping and circle drawing at identical and different frequencies.Copyright 2001 Elsevier Science (USA).
Learn Faster Today Improve your study skills
Author information
Author/s: Semjen, Andras (A);
Affiliation: Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences Cognitives, CNRS, Marseille, France. semjen(-atsign-)lnf.cnrs-mrs.fr
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Brain and cognition (Brain Cogn), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Feb; vol 48 (issue 1) : pp 133-48
Dates: Created 2002/01/28; Completed 2002/04/16; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 11812038, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
Sourced from the National Library of Medicine. Abstract text and other information may be subject to copyright.
External Links for this article (including full text providers, if available):
Click Electronic Full-text Provider Links to see options for finding the electronic full text links to this article. Note there may be a subscription or fee required for access to the full text. See our FAQ for information on finding FREE full text articles.
This article may also be located in paper journal collections available in many libraries. Use the Journal and Publication Information above to find the full article.
MeSH headings (categories)
This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.
|
Related articles
This article has not been indexed for related articles as yet, however you can still use the live related article search links below.
See a large map of 100+ related articles.