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1436435

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
In this investigation we studied the influence of object velocity on the transport and on the grasp components of prehension movements directed to approaching objects. Three experiments were carried out. In the first experiment six subjects were required to reach and grasp a sphere that approached them with a constant velocity. The effects of four velocities were studied. The results showed that the end point of the arm movement changed with object velocity: nearer the body with higher than with lower object velocities. Transport velocity increased with movement amplitude and the deceleration phase decreased in duration with higher object velocities. On the contrary the grasp component was not affected by object velocity. The second experiment was a control experiment carried out in order to verify whether a possible influence of object velocity on the grasp could be revealed in an experimental condition in which grasp planning relies without doubt on visual computation of all object features. In this experiment object velocity and object size were randomly varied. The results showed that the grasp was not influenced by object velocity, whereas it was sensitive to changes of object size. The third experiment had the two-fold aim of establishing (1) whether transport velocity was influenced by object velocity once the location in space at which the object had to be grasped was fixed and (2) whether the grasp kinematics differed for prehension movements directed respectively to stationary or to moving objects. Results showed that the first part of the transport is affected only by distance, whereas the deceleration phase decreased with increasing object velocity. This last result suggests that subjects minimized object displacements in order to grasp the sphere correctly. The grasp component differed between the conditions of stationary and moving stimuli only in the relative timing between finger aperture and closure phases. The closure phase decreased in the condition of moving stimuli. The results of the three experiments indicate the dependence of transport parameters on object velocity, whereas grasp parameters appear to be unaffected.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0028-3932
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
877-97
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Prehension movements directed to approaching objects: influence of stimulus velocity on the transport and the grasp components.
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Fisiologia Umana, Università di Parma, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't