Gating of somatosensory perception following movement.
Tactile stimuli were applied to the right index finger at selected times following rapid movements of the thumb. The probability of detecting a stimulus was found to be impaired for at least 250 ms after completion of a voluntary movement. This finding complements previous work showing that somatosensory evoked potentials are reduced for a comparable period following movement.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D013933:Thumb; D013997:Time Factors