title: [Kinematic study of the temporal coupling between the components of transport and manipulation during reaching and grasping movements].
abstract: In this study the temporal coupling between transport and manipulation components of prehension movements was tested. For this purpose two experiments were carried out. In Experiment 1 six normal subjects were required to reach and grasp one of three spheres located at three different distances (Blocked trials). In Experiment 2 a visual perturbation paradigm was used in which the location of the object to be reached and grasped could change at onset of arm movement (Perturbed trials). The results of this study exclude a temporal coupling between events of transport and manipulation components. On the contrary they suggest that manipulation component organizes its time course having information about the time required to reach the object.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Fisiologia Umana, Università di Parma.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chieffi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gentilucci
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Castiello
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scarpa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology*; D008254:Macaca nemestrina / Q000502:physiology*; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Studio cinematico dell'accoppiamento temporale tra le componenti di trasporto e manipolazione durante i movimenti di raggiungimento-prensione.