Abstract
When interacting with the environment, our manual actions are often preceded by an eye movement. This suggests that the processes underlying target selection in hand and eye movements may be coupled. It is known that when a distractor is presented close to a target, the endpoint of an eye movement will be biased towards the distractor. The size of this so-called global effect decreases when more viewing time is available. Here we investigate whether a similar effect is also present in hand movements. If the processes underlying target selection for hand and eye movements are indeed coupled, a similar bias should be present in hand movements as well. To test this, we adopted a classic global effect paradigm but applied it to goal-directed hand movements. We show that the endpoints of hand movements are unbiased for all but one participant, irrespective of the viewing time. These results suggest that the processes underlying target selection for hand movements operate independently from those for eye movements.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 204-212 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Cortex |
Volume | 142 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by an Open Research Area Grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research to Artem Belopolsky [ ORA 464-15-193 ].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s)
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Accuracy
- Averaging
- Hand movement
- Motor plan
- Selection