Competition between tool and hand motion impairs movement planning in limb apraxia.

ABSTRACT: Tool use is a complex motor planning problem. Prior research suggests that planning to use tools involves resolving competition between different tool-related action representations. We therefore reasoned that competition may also be exacerbated with tools for which the motions of the tool and the hand are incongruent (e.g., pinching the fingers to open a clothespin). If this hypothesis is correct, we should observe marked deficits in planning the use of incongruent as compared to congruent tools in individuals with limb apraxia following left-hemisphere stroke (LCVA), a disorder associated with abnormal action competition. We asked 34 individuals with chronic LCVA (14 females) and 16 matched neurotypical controls (8 females) to use novel tools in which the correspondence between the motio

SUBMITTER: Thibault S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12262807 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature