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16009237

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
In bimanual coordination when moving the hands to two separate objects, subjects tend to initiate and terminate the movements together, even when the targets are at different distances or are of a different size. Additionally, each hand tends to scale its grasp independently to the object to be grasped. Here, we report the performance of a patient, who had previously shown signs of motor neglect, on two experiments investigating coupling and independence in bimanual coordination. The patient showed relatively normal bimanual behaviour for the transport phase of prehension when objects were placed at different distances (Experiment 1), but abnormal behaviour for the grasp component when objects were of different sizes (Experiment 2). Moreover, the contralesional limb demonstrated a dependency of grasp that was related to the object grasped by the ipsilesional limb. We discuss the possible underlying mechanisms of this dependency in relation to competitive motor programming and attentional bias. The results also reinforce the view that the transport and grasp components of prehension are distinct processes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0028-3932
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1547-58
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Don't think twice, it's all right--contralesional dependency for bimanual prehension movements.
pubmed:affiliation
Behavioural Brain Sciences Centre, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. t.d.punt@bham.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't