Intermanual Interactions Related to Movement Amplitudes and Endpoint Locations

In almost all studies of bimanual movements with same and different amplitudes, the difference between amplitudes has been confounded with a difference between endpoint locations. The present authors varied those parameters orthogonally. In addition, they presented target locations on the surface on which the movements were produced (direct cues) and on a monitor (indirect cues). Participants' (N = 12) reaction times were longer when both amplitudes and endpoint locations differed than when they were the same. Intermanual amplitude correlations were reduced whenever 1 of the movement parameters differed for the 2 hands; only when cues were presented on the monitor was the amplitude correlation further reduced when both movement parameters were different. The results indicate that structural constraints on bimanual movements take effect on both amplitudes and endpoint locations. The relative importance of those 2 parameters is largely independent of the type of cue.

[1]  R. Ivry,et al.  A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective on Bimanual Coordination and Interference , 2004 .

[2]  H. Heuer,et al.  Task-dependent mixtures of coordinate systems in visuomotor transformations , 1998, Experimental Brain Research.

[3]  J. F. Soechting,et al.  Sensorimotor representations for pointing to targets in three-dimensional space. , 1989, Journal of neurophysiology.

[4]  D. Sherwood,et al.  EMG amplitude and spatial assimilation effects in rapid bimanual movement. , 1992, Research quarterly for exercise and sport.

[5]  S. Cardoso de Oliveira,et al.  Visuomotor transformations affect bimanual coupling , 2003, Experimental Brain Research.

[6]  E. Brenner,et al.  Endpoints of arm movements to visual targets , 2001, Experimental Brain Research.

[7]  W Spijkers,et al.  Specification of movement amplitudes for the left and right hands: evidence for transient parametric coupling from overlapping-task performance. , 2000, Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance.

[8]  Will Spijkers,et al.  Behavioral Principles of Interlimb Coordination , 2004 .

[9]  R. Abrams,et al.  Differential use of distance and location information for spatial localization , 1990, Perception & psychophysics.

[10]  Will Spijkers,et al.  Bimanual coupling during the specification of isometric forces , 1999, Experimental Brain Research.

[11]  Daniel Cattaert,et al.  Simulating a neural cross-talk model for between-hand interference during bimanual circle drawing , 1999, Biological Cybernetics.

[12]  B Gillam,et al.  Size and position are incongruous: Measurements on the Müller-Lyer figure , 1985, Perception & psychophysics.

[13]  J. Predebon.  Manual-aiming bias and the Müller-Lyer illusion: the roles of position and extent information , 2005, Experimental Brain Research.

[14]  David E. Sherwood,et al.  Interlimb amplitude differences, spatial assimilations, and the temporal structure of rapid bimanual movements , 1994 .

[15]  D E Sherwood,et al.  Hand preference, practice order, and spatial assimilations in rapid bimanual movement. , 1994, Journal of motor behavior.

[16]  H Heuer,et al.  Structural constraints on bimanual movements , 1993, Psychological research.

[17]  R. Ivry,et al.  Moving to Directly Cued Locations Abolishes Spatial Interference During Bimanual Actions , 2001, Psychological science.

[18]  Herbert Heuer,et al.  Intermanual interactions in discrete and periodic bimanual movements with same and different amplitudes , 2005, Experimental Brain Research.

[19]  A. Osman,et al.  Dimensional overlap: cognitive basis for stimulus-response compatibility--a model and taxonomy. , 1990, Psychological review.

[20]  J. Gundry.  The use of location and distance in reproducing different amplitudes of movement. , 1975, Journal of motor behavior.

[21]  D. Sherwood.  Distance and location assimilation effects in rapid bimanual movement. , 1991, Research quarterly for exercise and sport.

[22]  G. J. Laabs.  The effect of interpolated motor activity on the short-term retention of movement distance and end-location. , 1974, Journal of motor behavior.

[23]  M L NORRIE,et al.  TIMING OF TWO SIMULTANEOUS MOVEMENTS OF ARMS AND LEGS. , 1964, Research quarterly.

[24]  D. Corcos,et al.  Two-Handed Movement Control , 1984 .

[25]  Herbert Heuer,et al.  The influence of movement cues on intermanual interactions , 2006, Psychological research.

[26]  P. Viviani,et al.  Frames of reference and control parameters in visuomanual pointing. , 1998, Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance.

[27]  M L Norrie.  Effects of unequal distances and handedness on timing patterns for simultaneous movements of arms and legs. , 1967, Research quarterly.

[28]  Movement Time Modulates Spatial Assimilation Effects in Rapid Bimanual Movements , 2004, Research quarterly for exercise and sport.

[29]  W. E. Hick.  Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology , 1948, Nature.

[30]  O. Bock,et al.  Error accumulation and error correction in sequential pointing movements , 2004, Experimental Brain Research.

[31]  R. Ivry,et al.  Independent on‐line control of the two hands during bimanual reaching , 2004, The European journal of neuroscience.

[32]  Christopher A. Buneo,et al.  Direct visuomotor transformations for reaching , 2002, Nature.

[33]  Will Spijkers,et al.  Preparation of bimanual movements with same and different amplitudes: specification interference as revealed by reaction time , 1997 .

[34]  Will Spijkers,et al.  Static and Phasic Cross-Talk Effects in Discrete Bimanual Reversal Movements , 2001, Journal of motor behavior.

[35]  F. Lacquaniti,et al.  Viewer-centered and body-centered frames of reference in direct visuomotor transformations , 1999, Experimental Brain Research.

[36]  R. Hyman.  Stimulus information as a determinant of reaction time. , 1953, Journal of experimental psychology.

[37]  F. Huddle.  Coordination , 1966, Open Knowledge Institutions.

[38]  Will Spijkers,et al.  Structural Constraints on the Performance of Symmetrical Bimanual Movements with Different Amplitudes , 1995 .

[39]  Herbert Heuer,et al.  A Multiple-Representations’ Approach to Mental Practice of Motor Skills1 , 1989 .

[40]  Spatial Error Detection and Assimilation Effects in Rapid Single and Bimanual Aiming Movements. , 1999, Journal of motor behavior.

[41]  Paolo Viviani,et al.  Altering the visuomotor gain. Evidence that motor plans deal with vector quantities. , 2002, Experimental brain research.

[42]  D Goodman,et al.  On the coordination of two-handed movements. , 1979, Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance.

[43]  C. MacKenzie,et al.  Bimanual Movement Control: Information processing and Interaction Effects , 1984 .

[44]  Francesco Lacquaniti,et al.  Cognitive allocentric representations of visual space shape pointing errors , 2002, Experimental Brain Research.

[45]  D E Sherwood.  Practice and assimilation effects in a multilimb aiming task. , 1990, Journal of motor behavior.

[46]  Will Spijkers,et al.  The time course of cross-talk during the simultaneous specification of bimanual movement amplitudes , 1998, Experimental Brain Research.

[47]  H. Haken,et al.  A theoretical model of phase transitions in human hand movements , 2004, Biological Cybernetics.

[48]  Slobodan Jaric,et al.  The effects of practice on movement distance and final position reproduction: implications for the equilibrium-point control of movements , 1994, Experimental Brain Research.

[49]  Casper J. Erkelens,et al.  Variability and correlations in bi-manual pointing movements , 1999 .

[50]  The instructional variable and kinesthetic cue recall. , 1975, Journal of motor behavior.

[51]  O. Bock,et al.  Goal-directed arm movements in absence of visual guidance: evidence for amplitude rather than position control , 2004, Experimental Brain Research.