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- Title
- Perception of movement extent depends on the extent of previous movements
- Author/Creator
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Seizova-Cajic, Tatjana;
Smith, Janette L.;
Taylor, Janet L.;
Gandevia, Simon C.
- Description
- We report an aftereVect in perception of the extent (or degree or range) of joint movement, showing for the first time that a prolonged exposure to a passive backand- forth movement of a certain extent results in a change in judgment of the extent of a subsequently presented movement. The adapting stimulus, movement about the wrist, had an extent of either 30° or 75°, while the test stimulus was a 50° movement. Following a 4-min adaptation period, the estimated magnitudes of the test stimuli were 61° and 36° in the 30° and 75° condition, respectively (t test(6) = 9.6; p < 0.001). The observed eVect is an instance of repulsion or contrast commonly described in perception literature, with perceived value of the test stimulus pushed away from the adapting stimulus.
- Relation
- Experimental Brain Research Vol. 195, p. 167-172
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-009-1780-y
- Date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer
- Keyword(s)
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proprioception;
kinesthesis;
adaptation;
aftereVects;
movement extent
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Rights
- The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/34962
- Identifier
- ISSN:0014-4819
- Language
- eng
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