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Twisted pairs: Does the motor system really care about joint configurations?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Patrick Haggard*
Affiliation:
University Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford, Oxford, 0X1 3PT, England, p.haggard@ucl.ac.uk
Chris Miall
Affiliation:
University Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford, Oxford, 0X1 3PT, England, p.haggard@ucl.ac.uk
John Stein
Affiliation:
University Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford, Oxford, 0X1 3PT, England, p.haggard@ucl.ac.uk
*
1Correspondence address: Department of Psychology, University College London, London WCIE 6BT, England

Abstract

Extrapersonal frames of reference for aimed movements are representationally convenient. They may, however, carry associated costs when the movement is executed in terms of the complex coordination of multiple joints they require. Studies that have measured both fingertip and joint paths suggest the motor systems may seek a compromise between simplicity of extrapersonal spatial representation and computational simplicity of multi-joint execution.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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