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The Dual Visuomotor Channel theory of reaching proposes that a reach-to-grasp act integrates a Reach, directed toward the extrinsic properties of the target (location), and a Grasp, directed toward the intrinsic properties of the target (size and shape). Previous studies of reach-to-grasp report that the Grasp is altered in pantomime tasks made from a starting position with digit 1 and digit 2 closed and proximal to the target. The present study extends the analysis of real versus pantomime reaching to a task that featured both a Reach and a Grasp, having a starting position with the hand open and proximal to the body. For a real reach, seated participants reached for a doughnut ball (food item) located on a pedestal at arms distance, with the intent of bringing the doughnut ball to the mouth for eating. Participants also made four pantomime reaches with: (1) the doughnut ball removed from the pedestal, (2) the doughnut ball and pedestal moved to the side of the reach location, (3) the doughnut ball and pedestal absent, and (4) the participants wearing vision-occluding glasses. There were two main findings. First, the presence of task-related cues, platform, doughnut ball, and room influenced the kinematics of the Reach and Grasp. Second, the compound structure of a real reach, in which flexion/extension of the arm featured in the Reach and flexion/extension of the digits featured in the Grasp are out of phase, changed in pantomime such that these features of Reach and Grasp became in phase. The results show that pantomime reaching is influenced not only by task-related percepts but also by central mechanisms ordinarily related to integrating the Reach and the Grasp.
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Kuntz, J.R., Whishaw, I.Q. Synchrony of the Reach and the Grasp in pantomime reach-to-grasp. Exp Brain Res 234, 3291–3303 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-016-4727-0
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