Interaction in planning movement direction for articulatory gestures and manual actions

Vainio, Lari; Tiainen, Mikko; Tiippana, Kaisa; Komeilipoor, Naeem; Vainio, Martti

doi:10.1007/s00221-015-4365-y

Cited by 29 publications

(36 citation statements)

References 19 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This is because [ae], which was how the participants mostly mispronounced [ɑ] as, is a front vowel, as is [i]. Indeed, we have recently shown a similar congruency effect between front-back hand movements and articulations [11]. The grip effect could actually be a manifestation of the same phenomenon.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 68%

Congruency Effect Between Articulation and Grasping in Native English Speakers

Tiainen¹,

Felisberti

Tiippana³

et al. 2016

Interspeech 2016

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 68%

Congruency Effect Between Articulation and Grasping in Native English Speakers

Tiainen¹,

Felisberti

Tiippana³

et al. 2016

Interspeech 2016

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…We have recently demonstrated that forward and backward hand movements can be influenced by pronouncing a speech unit during the hand movement (Vainio et al, 2015). In this forward/backward congruency effect, participants move their hand faster forward when pronouncing [i] rather than [α] or [o].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…That is, the consonant [t] in which the air-flow is blocked with the tip of the tongue was linked to push movements whereas [k] in which air-flow is blocked with the body of the tongue was linked to pull movements. Consequently, the results suggested that the front-back position of the tongue was the critical factor for the effect to arise (Vainio et al, 2015). …”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Instead, the effects might be explained by an involvement of some specific speech units in Finnish words that are semantically associated with specific hand actions. For example, the syllable [te], which was associated with facilitated push movements in the original Vainio et al (2015) study, means “you” (plural) in Finnish. Consequently, the effect observed with this syllable might reflect a semantic association between the syllable and the hand action (e.g., pointing “at you”), in the same way as in Chieffi et al (2009), instead of interaction between articulatory and hand movement processes.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In Experiment 1, we used the same paradigm as in Vainio et al (2013) study, with utterance pairs of [kα]–[ti], [ke]–[te], and [α]–[i] to see if we can observe the grip congruency effect in another language. In Experiment 2, we used the same paradigm as in Vainio et al (2015) study, with utterance pairs of [α]-[i], [o]–[i], and [ke]–[te] to see if we can observe the forward/backward congruency effect in another language. Besides manual responses, vocal responses were also recorded in both experiments.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Connections of Grasping and Horizontal Hand Movements with Articulation in Czech Speakers

et al. 2017

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We have recently shown in Finnish speakers that articulation of certain vowels and consonants has a systematic influence on simultaneous grasp actions as well as on forward and backward hand movements. Here we studied whether these effects generalize to another language, namely Czech. We reasoned that if the results generalized to another language environment, it would suggest that the effects arise through other processes than language-dependent semantic associations. Rather, the effects would be likely to arise through language-independent interactions between processes that plan articulatory gestures and hand movements. Participants were presented with visual stimuli specifying articulations to be uttered (e.g., A or I), and they were required to produce a manual response concurrently with the articulation. In Experiment 1 they responded with a precision or a power grip, whereas in Experiment 2 they responded with a forward or a backward hand movement. The grip congruency effect was fully replicated: the consonant [k] and the vowel [α] were associated with power grip responses, while the consonant [t] and the vowel [i] were associated with precision grip responses. The forward/backward congruency effect was replicated with vowels [α], [o], which were associated with backward movement and with [i], which was associated with forward movement, but not with consonants [k] and [t]. These findings suggest that the congruency effects mostly reflect interaction between processes that plan articulatory gestures and hand movements with an exception that the forward/backward congruency effect might only work with vowel articulation.

show abstract

Inter-limb coupling of proximal and distal hand actions

Vainio

Tiainen

2017

Exp Brain Res

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Past studies have revealed connections in directional programming between hands. The present study investigated whether there could also be interaction in programming proximal and distal components of a prehensile hand action. In Experiment 1, the participants performed simultaneously either a push or pull response with the left hand and the grip closure or opening with the right hand. In Experiment 2, the push and pull responses of the left hand were performed together with the precision or power grip responses of the right hand. The participants showed preference, measured in reaction times, to couple the push response with the grip opening and the precision grip, whereas the pull response was associated with the grip closure and the power grip. The study shows for the first time a systematic interaction in proximal and distal prehensile components between two hands. We propose that these effects reflect inter- and intra-limb connections between the representations that prepare the arm extension for the outward reaching, the finger extension for the grip opening, and the motor processes that prepare the precision grip. Conversely, there appear to be connections between the representations that prepare the arm flexion for the inward directed hand movements, the flexion of the thumb and the fingers for the grip closure, and flexion of four fingers for the power grip.

show abstract

Interaction in planning movement direction for articulatory gestures and manual actions

Cited by 29 publications

References 19 publications

Congruency Effect Between Articulation and Grasping in Native English Speakers

Congruency Effect Between Articulation and Grasping in Native English Speakers

Connections of Grasping and Horizontal Hand Movements with Articulation in Czech Speakers

Inter-limb coupling of proximal and distal hand actions

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About