Vigour of self-paced reaching movement: cost of time and individual traits.

ABSTRACT: People usually move at a self-selected pace in everyday life. Yet, the principles underlying the formation of human movement vigour remain unclear, particularly in view of intriguing inter-individual variability. It has been hypothesized that how the brain values time may be the cornerstone of such differences, beyond biomechanics. Here, we focused on the vigour of self-paced reaching movement and assessed the stability of vigour via repeated measurements within participants. We used an optimal control methodology to identify a cost of time (CoT) function underlying each participant's vigour, considering a model of the biomechanical cost of movement. We then tested the extent to which anthropometric or psychological traits, namely boredom proneness and impulsivity, could account for a sign

SUBMITTER: Berret B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6045586 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature