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Generalized sensorimotor adaptation with diminished feedback

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Adaptation to optical distortion was produced by viewing, through prisms, the trajectory of a dim point light source moved by the leg in an otherwise darkened room. The results show that such a minimal prism exposure condition produces adaptive sensorimotor shifts that alter 1. eye-foot coordination, entailing the contralateral and the ipsilateral leg, as well as 2. eye-hand coordination and 3. ego-centric localization. Generalization of adaptation produced by the minimal exposure condition was equal to that produced by the more customary prism exposure procedure, although its magnitude was somewhat smaller.

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    H. H. Mikaelian

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This study was supported by an NIH-Biomedical grant from the University of Georgia.

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Mikaelian, H.H. Generalized sensorimotor adaptation with diminished feedback. Psychol. Forsch. 36, 321–328 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00424569

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