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| Author | Friedman, Jason; Latash, Mark L.; Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M. | ||||
| Title | Prehension synergies: a study of digit force adjustments to the continuously varied load force exerted on a partially constrained hand-held object | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2009 | Publication | Experimental Brain Research | Abbreviated Journal | Exp Brain Res |
| Volume | 197 | Issue | 1 | Pages  |
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| Abstract | We examined how the digit forces adjust when a load force acting on a hand-held object continuously varies. The subjects were required to hold the handle still while a linearly increasing and then decreasing force was applied to the handle. The handle was constrained, such that it could only move up and down, and rotate about a horizontal axis. In addition, the moment arm of the thumb tangential force was 1.5 times the moment arm of the virtual finger (VF, an imagined finger with the mechanical action equal to that of the four fingers) force. Unlike the situation when there are equal moment arms, the experimental setup forced the subjects to choose between (a) sharing equally the increase in load force between the thumb and VF but generating a moment of tangential force, which had to be compensated by negatively co-varying the moment due to normal forces, or (b) sharing unequally the load force increase between the thumb and VF but preventing generation of a moment of tangential forces. We found that different subjects tended to use one of these two strategies. These findings suggest that the selection by the CNS of prehension synergies at the VF-thumb level with respect to the moment of force is non-obligatory and reflects individual subject preferences. This unequal sharing of the load by the tangential forces, in contrast to the previously observed equal sharing, suggests that the invariant feature of prehension may be a correlated increase in tangential forces rather than an equal increase. | ||||
| Address | Department of Kinesiology, The Pennsylvania State University, 39 Recreation Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA, jason.friedman@psu.edu | ||||
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| ISSN | 1432-1106 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:19554319 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Penn State @ write.to.jason @ | Serial | 16 | ||
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| Author | Nahab, Fatta; Kundu, Prantik; Gallea, Cecile; Kakareka, John; Pursley, Randy; Pohida, Tom; Miletta, Nathaniel; Friedman, Jason; Hallett, Mark | ||||
| Title | The neural processes underlying self-agency | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2011 | Publication | Cerebral Cortex | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 21 | Issue | 1 | Pages |
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| Abstract | Self-agency (SA) is the individual’s perception that an action is the consequence of his/her own intention. The neural networks underlying SA are not well understood. We carried out a novel, ecologically valid, virtual-reality experiment using BOLD-fMRI where SA could be modulated in real-time while subjects performed voluntary finger movements. Behavioral testing was also performed to assess the explicit judgment of SA. Twenty healthy volunteers completed the experiment. Results of the behavioral testing demonstrated paradigm validity along with the identification of a bias that led subjects to over- or underestimate the amount of control they had. The fMRI experiment identified two discrete networks. These leading and lagging networks likely represent a spatial and temporal flow of information, with the leading network serving the role of mismatch detection and the lagging network receiving this information and mediating its elevation to conscious awareness, giving rise to SA. |
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| Call Number | Penn State @ write.to.jason @ | Serial | 21 | ||
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| Author | Kapur, Shweta; Friedman, Jason; Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M.; Latash, Mark L. | ||||
| Title | Finger interaction in a three-dimensional pressing task | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2010 | Publication | Experimental Brain Research | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 203 | Issue | 1 | Pages |
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| Abstract | Accurate control of forces produced by the fingers is essential for performing object manipulation. This study examines the indices of finger interaction when accurate time profiles of force are produced in different directions, while using one of the fingers or all four fingers of the hand. We hypothesized that patterns of unintended force production among shear force components may involve features not observed in the earlier studies of vertical force production. In particular, we expected to see unintended forces generated by non-task fingers not in the direction on the instructed force but in the opposite direction as well as substantial force production in directions orthogonal to the instructed direction. We also tested a hypothesis that multi-finger synergies, quantified using the framework of the uncontrolled manifold hypothesis, will help reduce across-trials variance of both total force magnitude and direction. Young, healthy subjects were required to produce accurate ramps of force in five different directions by pressing on force sensors with the fingers of the right (dominant) hand. The index finger induced the smallest unintended forces in non-task fingers. The little finger showed the smallest unintended forces when it was a non-task finger. Task fingers showed substantial force production in directions orthogonal to the intended force direction. During four-finger tasks, individual force vectors typically pointed off the task direction, with these deviations nearly perfectly matched to produce a resultant force in the task direction. Multi-finger synergy indices reflected strong co-variation in the space of finger modes (commands to fingers) that reduced variability of the total force magnitude and direction across trials. The synergy indices increased in magnitude over the first 30% of the trial time and then stayed at a nearly constant level. The synergy index for stabilization of total force magnitude was higher for shear force components as compared to the downward pressing force component. The results suggest complex interactions between enslaving and synergic force adjustments, possibly reflecting the experience with everyday prehensile tasks. For the first time, the data document multi-finger synergies stabilizing both shear force magnitude and force vector direction. These synergies may play a major role in stabilizing the hand action during object manipulation. |
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| Call Number | Penn State @ write.to.jason @ | Serial | 20 | ||
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| Author | Awasthi, Bhuvanesh; Friedman, Jason; Williams, Mark A | ||||
| Title | Reach Trajectories Reveal Delayed Processing of Low Spatial Frequency Faces in Developmental Prosopagnosia | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2012 | Publication | Cognitive Neuroscience | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 3 | Issue | 2 | Pages |
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| Abstract | Developmental prosopagnosia (DP) is characterized by a selective deficit in face recognition despite normal cognitive and neurological functioning. Previous research has established configural processing deficits in DP subjects. Low spatial frequency (LSF) information subserves configural face processing. Using hybrid stimuli, here we examined the evolution of perceptual dynamics and integration of LSF information by DP subjects while they pointed to high spatial frequency (HSF) face targets. Permutation analysis revealed a 230-ms delay in LSF processing by DP subjects as compared to controls. This delayed processing is likely to contribute to the difficulties associated with face recognition in DP subjects and is reflective of their alleged reliance on local rather than global features in face perception. These results suggest that quick and efficient processing of LSF information is critical for the development of normal face perception. | ||||
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| Call Number | Penn State @ write.to.jason @ | Serial | 27 | ||
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| Author | Friedman, Jason; Brown, Scott; Finkbeiner, Matthew | ||||
| Title | Linking cognitive and reaching trajectories via intermittent movement control | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 2013 | Publication | Journal of Mathematical Psychology | Abbreviated Journal | |
| Volume | 57 | Issue | 3-4 | Pages |
140-151 |
| Keywords | Decision making; Diffusion model; Reaction times; Arm movements; Submovements | ||||
| Abstract | Theories of decision-making have traditionally been constrained by reaction time data. A limitation of reaction time data, particularly for studying the temporal dynamics of cognitive processing, is that they index only the endpoint of the decision making process. Recently, physical reaching trajectories have been used as proxies for underlying mental trajectories through decision space. We suggest that this approach has been oversimplified: while it is possible for the motor control system to access the current state of the evidence accumulation process, this access is intermittent. Instead, we demonstrate how a model of arm movements that assumes intermittent, not continuous, access to the decision process is sufficient to describe the effects of stimulus quality and viewing time in curved reaching movements. | ||||
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| Call Number | Serial | 70 | |||
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