Timing accuracy in self-timed movements related to neural indicators of movement initiation
| Autor: | Matthias Bischoff, Hermann Müller, Lisa K. Maurer, Heiko Maurer, Gebhard Sammer |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Neural variability Computer science Movement Models Neurological Biophysics Neurophysiology Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Kinematics Task (project management) Young Adult Neural activity Control theory Reaction Time Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Simulation Event (probability theory) Stochastic Processes Movement (music) General Medicine Biomechanical Phenomena Electrophysiology Bereitschaftspotential Female Psychomotor Performance Throwing |
| Zdroj: | Human Movement Science. 37:42-57 |
| ISSN: | 0167-9457 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.humov.2014.06.005 |
| Popis: | Timely movement initiation is crucial in quick reactions or when a series of movements has to be strung together in a timed fashion to create a coordinated sequence. Stochastic neural variability can lead to misinitiation errors as reaction time studies suggest. Higher reaction times occur when preparatory neural activity reaches an initiation threshold later relative to shorter reaction times. Whether this also applies to self-timed movements is harder to scrutinize because they lack an external event that could serve as a reference for timing accuracy estimations. By example of a self-timed goal-oriented throwing task, we used a method that synchronizes the throwing movements by their kinematic profiles to assess relative timing differences in throwing release. We determined neural preparatory processes of the release using the movement-related electrophysiological Bereitschaftspotential (BP). By analyzing differences in shape and timing of the BP in delayed and non-delayed throws, two variables could be extracted that are related to timing differences on the kinematic level. First, temporal deviations in BP curves partly meet the kinematic deviations. Second, delayed releases were preceded by a short flattening of the BP curves prior to release. Thus, temporal and shape deviations in the neural movement initiation are assumed to delay self-timed movements. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
Full Text from ScienceDirect