title: Pointing.
abstract: The roles of vision and proprioception in the task of pointing at a distant object were investigated. When guided solely by proprioception, subjects pointed from the shoulder through the finger to the object, down the long axis of the arm. When vision was present, it dominated proprioception and subjects pointed with the fingertip close to a sight line from the eyes to the object.
authors.affiliation: School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: McCloskey
mesh_terms: D003463:Cues; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D006801:Humans; D009949:Orientation; D011434:Proprioception; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012683:Sensory Deprivation