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Observed reach trajectory influences executed reach kinematics in prehension

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Hardwick, Robert M. [UCL] Edwards, Martin [UCL]

Previous studies have demonstrated that the observation of action can modulate motor performance. This literature has focused on manipulating the observed goal of the action, rather than examining whether action observation effects could be elicited by changing observed kinematics alone. In the study presented here, observed reach trajectory kinematics unrelated to the goal of the action were manipulated in order to examine whether observed movement kinematics alone could influence the action of the observer. Participants observed an experimenter grasp a target object using either a normal or an exaggeratedly high reaching action (as though reaching over an invisible obstacle). When participants observed the experimenter perform actions with a high reach trajectory, their own movements took on aspects of the observed action, showing greater wrist height throughout their reaching trajectory than under conditions in which they observed normal reaching actions. The data are discussed in relation to previous findings which suggest that kinematic aspects of observed movements can prime action through kinematic or intention based matching processes.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2011
Language Anglais
Journal information "Quarterly journal of experimental psychology" - Vol. 64, no. 6, p. 1082-1093 (2011)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Informa Healthcare ((United Kingdom) London)
issn 1747-0218
e-issn 1747-0226
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - SSH/IPSY - Psychological Sciences Research Institute
UCL - SSS/IONS/COSY - Systems & cognitive Neuroscience
MESH Subject Adult ; Arm - physiology ; Motor Activity - physiology ; Psychomotor Performance - physiology ; Wrist - physiology ; Young Adult ; Biomechanics ; Cues ; Female ; Hand - physiology ; Hand Strength - physiology ; Humans ; Intention ; Male
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Bibliographic reference Hardwick, Robert M. ; Edwards, Martin. Observed reach trajectory influences executed reach kinematics in prehension. In: Quarterly journal of experimental psychology, Vol. 64, no. 6, p. 1082-1093 (2011)
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