Action-effect related motor adaptation in interactions with everyday devices.

ABSTRACT: Human action planning relies on integrated representations of motor acts and the associated consequences, which implies that changing the set of effects associated to a motor act might directly influence action planning and control. The present study investigated the hypothesis that action-effect manipulations also affected the motor components of the actions even when only a single action option was available. Participants performed simple everyday actions (pinched a plastic sheet, pressed a button, tapped on a table) in two conditions. In the motor-auditory condition actions resulted in the presentation of a tone, whereas no tones were presented in the motor condition. The applied force was softer in the motor-auditory than in the motor condition for all three types of actions. The tempo

SUBMITTER: Horvath J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5920059 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature