Anticipatory action planning for stepping onto competing potential targets.

ABSTRACT: The brain plans an anticipatory action for performing tasks successfully and effortlessly even if there are multiple possible options. There is increasing evidence that, when multiple actions are possible, the brain considers two factors when planning an anticipatory action-the probabilistic value and the action cost for each potential action. When the action involves maintaining upright balance, such as standing, stepping, or walking, the action cost for maintaining postural stability could be considered dominantly. We addressed this issue by using a "go-before-you-know" task to step onto a target on the floor. In this task, two potential targets were located on the medial or lateral side of the stepping foot, and the true target was cued only after participants shifted their loads to lea

SUBMITTER: Watanabe R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9441706 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature