Effects of task complexity and sensory conflict on goal-directed movement

Interactions between brain regions are necessary for compound activities to take place. Accordingly, evaluating hemispheric information processing during skilled behaviour provides valuable knowledge about brain regulation. To this end, the present study assessed the neural changes in response to ta...

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Main Authors: Serrien, Deborah J., Spapé, Michiel M.
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2009
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1633/
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description Interactions between brain regions are necessary for compound activities to take place. Accordingly, evaluating hemispheric information processing during skilled behaviour provides valuable knowledge about brain regulation. To this end, the present study assessed the neural changes in response to task complexity and visuomotor discrepancy during motor (drawing) actions. EEG phase synchronization, expressing interregional communication, showed that visuomotor discordance perturbed information processing across both hemispheres, whereas task complexity induced pronounced adjustments in the left (dominant) hemisphere. However, the effects of task complexity and sensorimotor conflict interacted, and suggested that the main process of spatiotemporal integration was localized within the left hemisphere. Furthermore, a significant association between left hemisphere couplings and performance accuracy proposed that connectivity strength and behavioural output are linked with one another. These results suggest that functional connectivity patterns provide higher-order associations for information coding during skilled actions.
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spelling nottingham-16332020-05-04T20:27:00Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1633/ Effects of task complexity and sensory conflict on goal-directed movement Serrien, Deborah J. Spapé, Michiel M. Interactions between brain regions are necessary for compound activities to take place. Accordingly, evaluating hemispheric information processing during skilled behaviour provides valuable knowledge about brain regulation. To this end, the present study assessed the neural changes in response to task complexity and visuomotor discrepancy during motor (drawing) actions. EEG phase synchronization, expressing interregional communication, showed that visuomotor discordance perturbed information processing across both hemispheres, whereas task complexity induced pronounced adjustments in the left (dominant) hemisphere. However, the effects of task complexity and sensorimotor conflict interacted, and suggested that the main process of spatiotemporal integration was localized within the left hemisphere. Furthermore, a significant association between left hemisphere couplings and performance accuracy proposed that connectivity strength and behavioural output are linked with one another. These results suggest that functional connectivity patterns provide higher-order associations for information coding during skilled actions. Elsevier 2009 Article PeerReviewed Serrien, Deborah J. and Spapé, Michiel M. (2009) Effects of task complexity and sensory conflict on goal-directed movement. Neuroscience Letters, 464 (1). pp. 10-13. ISSN 0304-3940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2009.08.022 doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2009.08.022 doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2009.08.022
spellingShingle Serrien, Deborah J.
Spapé, Michiel M.
Effects of task complexity and sensory conflict on goal-directed movement
title Effects of task complexity and sensory conflict on goal-directed movement
title_full Effects of task complexity and sensory conflict on goal-directed movement
title_fullStr Effects of task complexity and sensory conflict on goal-directed movement
title_full_unstemmed Effects of task complexity and sensory conflict on goal-directed movement
title_short Effects of task complexity and sensory conflict on goal-directed movement
title_sort effects of task complexity and sensory conflict on goal-directed movement
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1633/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1633/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1633/