The mechanisms of movement preparation: a precuing study

• Published in: Behavioural brain research Vol. 108; no. 1; pp. 85 - 90
• Main Authors: Bock, Otmar, Eversheim, Udo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier B.V 01.02.2000; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Activity levels. Psychomotricity; Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Choice reaction time; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Motor program; Movement - physiology; Photic Stimulation; Pointing; Precue; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychomotor activities; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Reaction Time - physiology; Representation of space; Sensorimotor coordination; sensorimotor system; Pointing; Sensorimotor coordination; Choice reaction time; Humans; Precue; Motor program; Representation of space; Human; Body movement; Cognition; Space perception; Experimental study; Motricity; Spatial representation; Light stimulus; Motor preparation

It is well known that precues about the possible locations of upcoming targets reduce the manual reaction time. The present study investigates at which stage of the sensorimotor system such precues act. Several light dots were displayed as a precue; one of them became the target, and subjects had to...