title: Interaction of Perception and Action in Discrete and Continuous Rapid Aiming Tasks.
abstract: Previously, we have shown that discrete and continuous rapid aiming tasks are governed by distinct visuomotor control mechanisms by assessing the combined visual illusion effects on the perceived and effective index of difficulty (ID). All participants were perceptually biased by the combined visual illusion before they performed the rapid aiming tasks. In the current study, the authors manipulated the order of performing perceptual and motor tasks to examine whether perceptual or motor experience with the illusory visual target would influence the subsequent perceived and effective ID in discrete and continuous tapping tasks. The results supported our hypothesis showing that perceptual experience with the illusory visual target in the discrete condition reduced the effective ID in the subsequent discrete tapping task, and motor experience with the illusory visual target in the continuous condition reduced the illusion effects on the perceived ID in the subsequent perceptual judgment task. The study demonstrates the coinfluence of perception and action, and suggests that perception and action influence one another with different magnitude depending on the spatial frame of reference used to perform the perceptuomotor task.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Kinesiology and Health , University of Wyoming , Laramie.
authors.forename: Sushma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alphonsa
authors.affiliation: a Division of Kinesiology and Health , University of Wyoming , Laramie.
authors.forename: Boyi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: a Division of Kinesiology and Health , University of Wyoming , Laramie.
authors.forename: Tami
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Benham-Deal
authors.affiliation: a Division of Kinesiology and Health , University of Wyoming , Laramie.
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions / Q000502:physiology; D007600:Judgment / Q000502:physiology; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: index of difficulty; perception and action; perceptual-motor experience; rapid aiming movement