The functional role of working memory in the (re-)planning and execution of grasping movements.

Spiegel, Marnie Ann; Koester, Dirk; Schack, Thomas

doi:10.1037/a0031398

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“…More generally, the interaction supports the notion of domain interactions in line with functional interactions of verbal working memory and grasping [101,102,103,104]. The present interaction shows that symbolic, conceptual information can be accessible for action specification together with motor commands and earlier than found in the Amsel et al study.…”

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confidence: 88%

Action Priority: Early Neurophysiological Interaction of Conceptual and Motor Representations

Koester

Schack

2016

PLoS ONE

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Handling our everyday life, we often react manually to verbal requests or instruction, but the functional interrelations of motor control and language are not fully understood yet, especially their neurophysiological basis. Here, we investigated whether specific motor representations for grip types interact neurophysiologically with conceptual information, that is, when reading nouns. Participants performed lexical decisions and, for words, executed a grasp-and-lift task on objects of different sizes involving precision or power grips while the electroencephalogram was recorded. Nouns could denote objects that require either a precision or a power grip and could, thus, be (in)congruent with the performed grasp. In a control block, participants pointed at the objects instead of grasping them. The main result revealed an event-related potential (ERP) interaction of grip type and conceptual information which was not present for pointing. Incongruent compared to congruent conditions elicited an increased positivity (100–200 ms after noun onset). Grip type effects were obtained in response-locked analyses of the grasping ERPs (100–300 ms at left anterior electrodes). These findings attest that grip type and conceptual information are functionally related when planning a grasping action but such an interaction could not be detected for pointing. Generally, the results suggest that control of behaviour can be modulated by task demands; conceptual noun information (i.e., associated action knowledge) may gain processing priority if the task requires a complex motor response.

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confidence: 88%

Action Priority: Early Neurophysiological Interaction of Conceptual and Motor Representations

Koester

Schack

2016

PLoS ONE

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“…Given the emphasis on response speed in the present experiment, as well as the costs associated with movement replanning (Hughes, Seegelke, Spiegel et al, 2012;Spiegel, Koester, & Schack, 2013), participants may have maintained the original grasp posture plan, and tolerated less controllable final postures in order to mitigate the cognitive demands associated with grasp posture replanning. The observation that individuals are less likely to employ a cognitively demanding planning strategy (i.e., bimanual end-state comfort) when faced with an unexpected change in action goal suggests that individuals are concerned not only with comfortable end states, but also with computational efficiency during movement (re)planning.…”

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Perturbations in Action Goal Influence Bimanual Grasp Posture Planning

Hughes

Seegelke

2013

Journal of Motor Behavior

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The authors examined the effects of perturbations in action goal on bimanual grasp posture planning. Sixteen participants simultaneously reached for 2 cylinders and placed either the left or the right end of the cylinders into targets. As soon as the participants began their reaching movements, a secondary stimulus was triggered, which indicated whether the intended action goal for the left or right hand had changed. Overall, the tendency for a single hand to select end-state comfort compliant grasp postures was higher for the nonperturbed condition compared to both the perturbed left and perturbed right conditions. Furthermore, participants were more likely to plan their movements to ensure end-state comfort for both hands during nonperturbed trials, than perturbed trials, especially object end-orientation conditions that required the adoption of at least one underhand grasp posture to satisfy bimanual end-state comfort. Results indicated that when the action goal of a single object was perturbed, participants attempted to reduce the cognitive costs associated with grasp posture replanning by maintaining the original grasp posture plan, and tolerating grasp postures that result in less controllable final postures.

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“…Finally, it has been recently found that a spatial manual task affects a spatial working memory task performance but not a verbal working memory task performance (Spiegel, Koester, & Schack, 2013).…”

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Interaction in planning vocalizations and grasping

Tiainen

Tiippana

Vainio

et al. 2017

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Previous studies have shown a congruency effect between manual grasping and syllable articulation. For instance, a power grip is associated with syllables whose articulation involves the tongue body and/or large mouth aperture ([kɑ]) whereas a precision grip is associated with articulations that involve the tongue tip and/or small mouth aperture ([ti]). Previously, this effect has been observed in manual reaction times. The primary aim of the current study was to investigate whether this congruency effect also takes place in vocal responses and to investigate involvement of action selection processes in the effect. The congruency effect was found in vocal and manual responses regardless of whether or not the syllable or grip was known a priori, suggesting that the effect operates with minimal or absent action selection processes. In addition, the effect was observed in vocal responses even when the grip was only prepared but not performed, suggesting that merely planning a grip response primes the corresponding articulatory response. These results support the view that articulation and grasping are processed in a partially overlapping network.

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The functional role of working memory in the (re-)planning and execution of grasping movements.

Cited by 43 publications

References 117 publications

Action Priority: Early Neurophysiological Interaction of Conceptual and Motor Representations

Action Priority: Early Neurophysiological Interaction of Conceptual and Motor Representations

Perturbations in Action Goal Influence Bimanual Grasp Posture Planning

Interaction in planning vocalizations and grasping

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