Mirrored visual feedback limits distal effect anticipation

Sutter, Christine; Ladwig, Stefan

doi:10.1007/s00221-012-3018-7

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“…This so-called ideo-motor principle of action planning holds that agents select, initiate and execute a movement by activating the anticipation of the sensory codes of the movement's effects (James, 1890; Greenwald, 1970; for an overview see Hommel et al, 2001). However, in tool use distal action effects predominate action control while proximal action effect are attenuated or even ignored (Mechsner et al, 2001; Sutter and Ladwig, 2012; Wang et al, 2012; Ladwig et al, 2013; for an overview and limits in distal action effect control see, e.g., Sutter et al, 2013). …”

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Visual target distance, but not visual cursor path length produces shifts in motor behavior

Wendker¹,

Sack²,

Sutter³

2014

Front. Psychol.

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When using tools effects in body space and distant space often do not correspond. Findings so far demonstrated that in this case visual feedback has more impact on action control than proprioceptive feedback. The present study varies the dimensional overlap between visual and proprioceptive action effects and investigates its impact on aftereffects in motor responses. In two experiments participants perform linear hand movements on a covered digitizer tablet to produce ∩-shaped cursor trajectories on the display. The shape of hand motion and cursor motion (linear vs. curved) is dissimilar and therefore does not overlap. In one condition the length of hand amplitude and visual target distance is similar and constant while the length of the cursor path is dissimilar and varies. In another condition the length of the hand amplitude varies while the lengths of visual target distance (similar or dissimilar) and cursor path (dissimilar) are constant. First, we found that aftereffects depended on the relation between hand path length and visual target distance, and not on the relation between hand and cursor path length. Second, increasing contextual interference did not reveal larger aftereffects. Finally, data exploration demonstrated a considerable benefit from gain repetitions across trials when compared to gain switches. In conclusion, dimensional overlap between visual and proprioceptive action effects modulates human information processing in visually controlled actions. However, adjustment of the internal model seems to occur very fast for this kind of simple linear transformation, so that the impact of prior visual feedback is fleeting.

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Visual target distance, but not visual cursor path length produces shifts in motor behavior

Wendker¹,

Sack²,

Sutter³

2014

Front. Psychol.

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“…So far, most studies demonstrated those transient bindings in discrete motor actions that required an immediate response to stimuli. These studies found after-effects in terms of short-term biases (e.g., in a Simon task: Stürmer, Leuthold, Soetens, Schröter, & Sommer, 2002 ; Sutter & Ladwig, 2012 ; in motor replication tasks: Ladwig, Sutter, & Müsseler, 2012 , 2013 ; Perrotin & d’Alessandro, 2016 ; Sack & Sutter, 2017 ; Wendker, Sack, & Sutter, 2014 ). For instance, Ladwig et al ( 2012 , 2013 , Exp.…”

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“…For instance, when increasing the variance in the haptic modality, the visual modality dominates in perception (e.g., Ernst & Banks, 2002 ; Reuschel et al, 2010 ; Takahashi, Diedrichsen, & Watt, 2009 ) and action control (e.g., Knoblich & Kircher, 2004 ; Ladwig et al, 2013 Exp. 2; Massen & Prinz, 2007 ; Sülzenbrück & Heuer, 2009 ; Sutter & Ladwig, 2012 ; Sutter & Müsseler, 2010 ). For haptic dominance, the opposite is the case in perception (e.g., Ernst & Banks, 2002 ) and action control (e.g., Sutter & Ladwig, 2012 ; Sutter et al, 2013 ).…”

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Temporal persistence of after-effects in the n-1 replication task

Sack

Sutter

2020

Atten Percept Psychophys

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In line with the theory of event coding, many studies on tool use show that perceived visual and haptic information interacts with action execution. In two experiments, we investigated the temporal persistence of after-effects within an event file, and after-effects in temporally overlapping event files with the n-1 replication task. Each trial consisted of two phases: In phase 1, participants moved a cursor with a pen on a covered tablet while a gain varied the relation between hand and cursor amplitude (Experiment 1). In phase 2, participants replicated the hand amplitude of phase 1 of the previous trial without visual feedback. Any systematic over- and undershoot would be indicative for after-effects. When the cursor amplitude varied and the hand amplitude remained constant, we did not find any after-effects but adjustment of the internal model. For varying hand amplitudes, after-effects appeared in terms of a contrast and assimilation effect between temporally overlapping event files and within an event file, respectively. In Experiment 2, we confirmed that the observed pattern of over- and undershoots fully reflect assimilation/contrast due to perception-action interaction. The findings extend the current view on the temporal stability of short-term binding in sensorimotor transformation tasks: In the n-1 replication task, after-effects appeared only in trials with varying hand amplitudes. We replicated the contrast effect and assimilation effect, and the assimilation effect persisted for up to approximately 20 s.

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“…When processing discordant information – for instance – from the moving hand (proximal action effect) and a moving cursor on a monitor (distal action effect) diverse crosstalk between proximal and distal action effects affect short-term compensation for as well as long-term adaptation to changes in sensorimotor transformations (e.g., Rieger et al, 2005; Heuer and Hegele, 2009; Ladwig et al, 2012; Sülzenbrück and Heuer, 2012; for recent overviews of empirical evidence see, e.g., Sutter and Sülzenbrück, 2012; Sutter et al, in press). Ladwig et al (2012) let participants perform hand movements on a covered digitizer tablet while different gain factors varied the cursor amplitude, so that the cursor amplitude was shorter, equal or longer than the hand amplitude.…”

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Age Effects on Controlling Tools with Sensorimotor Transformations

Sutter¹,

Ladwig²,

Oehl³

et al. 2012

Front. Psychology

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Controlling tools in technical environments bears a lot of challenges for the human information processing system, as locations of tool manipulation and effect appearance are spatially separated, and distal action effects are often not generated in a 1:1 manner. In this study we investigated the susceptibility of older adults to distal action effects. Younger and older participants performed a Fitts’ task on a digitizer tablet without seeing their hand and the tablet directly. Visual feedback was presented on a display in that way, that cursor amplitude and visual target size varied while the pre-determined hand amplitude remained constant. In accordance with distal action effects being predominant in controlling tool actions we found an increase in hand movement times and perceptual errors as a function of visual task characteristics. Middle-aged adults more intensely relied on visual feedback than younger adults. Age-related differences in speed-accuracy trade-off are not likely to account for this finding. However, it is well known that proprioceptive acuity declines with age. This might be one reason for middle-aged adults to stronger rely on the visual information instead of the proprioceptive information. Consequently, design and application of tools for elderly should account for this.

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Mirrored visual feedback limits distal effect anticipation

Cited by 13 publications

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Visual target distance, but not visual cursor path length produces shifts in motor behavior

Visual target distance, but not visual cursor path length produces shifts in motor behavior

Temporal persistence of after-effects in the n-1 replication task

Age Effects on Controlling Tools with Sensorimotor Transformations

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