Bimanual information processing and the impact of conflict during mirror drawing

Successful motor behavior depends on optimal information processing and planning. In the present study, the neural response of the motor system to conflict of visuomotor discrepancy (mirror-reversed vision) and complexity (task difficulty and hand laterality) was evaluated during the performance of...

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Main Author: Serrien, Deborah J.
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Published: Elsevier 2009
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1635/
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description Successful motor behavior depends on optimal information processing and planning. In the present study, the neural response of the motor system to conflict of visuomotor discrepancy (mirror-reversed vision) and complexity (task difficulty and hand laterality) was evaluated during the performance of bimanual actions. EEG coherence, expressing interregional communication, showed that conflict of visuomotor incongruence resulted in activation changes in both hemispheres, whereas conflict of task complexity evoked adjustments primarily in the left hemisphere. Furthermore, interhemispheric coherence was modified due to both forms of conflict. This demonstrates that conflict demands elicit distinct processes across the motor system. The data further illustrate that functional couplings are dynamically modulated during bimanual behaviour, suggesting that interactions between brain regions provide higher-order links for information processing and integration in view of complex motor skills.
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spelling nottingham-16352020-05-04T20:26:59Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1635/ Bimanual information processing and the impact of conflict during mirror drawing Serrien, Deborah J. Successful motor behavior depends on optimal information processing and planning. In the present study, the neural response of the motor system to conflict of visuomotor discrepancy (mirror-reversed vision) and complexity (task difficulty and hand laterality) was evaluated during the performance of bimanual actions. EEG coherence, expressing interregional communication, showed that conflict of visuomotor incongruence resulted in activation changes in both hemispheres, whereas conflict of task complexity evoked adjustments primarily in the left hemisphere. Furthermore, interhemispheric coherence was modified due to both forms of conflict. This demonstrates that conflict demands elicit distinct processes across the motor system. The data further illustrate that functional couplings are dynamically modulated during bimanual behaviour, suggesting that interactions between brain regions provide higher-order links for information processing and integration in view of complex motor skills. Elsevier 2009 Article PeerReviewed Serrien, Deborah J. (2009) Bimanual information processing and the impact of conflict during mirror drawing. Behavioural Brain Research, 205 (2). pp. 391-395. ISSN 0166-4328 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2009.07.015 doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2009.07.015 doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2009.07.015
spellingShingle Serrien, Deborah J.
Bimanual information processing and the impact of conflict during mirror drawing
title Bimanual information processing and the impact of conflict during mirror drawing
title_full Bimanual information processing and the impact of conflict during mirror drawing
title_fullStr Bimanual information processing and the impact of conflict during mirror drawing
title_full_unstemmed Bimanual information processing and the impact of conflict during mirror drawing
title_short Bimanual information processing and the impact of conflict during mirror drawing
title_sort bimanual information processing and the impact of conflict during mirror drawing
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1635/
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