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Factors influencing online control of video-aiming movements performed without vision of the cursor

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A modulation of the primary impulse of manual/video-aiming movements performed without visual feedback has been reported. In the present study, we show that this modulation is modified (a) with increased practice, (b) the use of an aligned visual display, and (c) the availability of visual feedback on alternated trials. However, this modulation was not as efficient as that observed in a normal vision condition, which underlines the primary role of vision to ensure endpoint accuracy. Moreover, this modulation was observed only on the extent component of the task. This last observation indicates that proprioception can be used to modulate the extent component of goal-directed movements but that vision is necessary to modulate their direction.

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  1. As suggested by H. N. Zelaznik, in Experiment 3 we also looked at within-participant variability at every two percent of normalized movement time. The results of this analysis were similar to those reported in the present study. On the extent component of the task for both vision conditions there was a significant reduction in variability late in the movement suggesting a modulation of the movement’s primary impulse (see Selen et al. (2006) for similar results and interpretation). On the direction component of the task, only the normal vision condition resulted in a significant decrease in variability late in movement, which is also similar to the data reported in the main text. However, in this supplementary analysis the modulation of the movement’s primary impulse appeared earlier (near 50% of normalized movement time) than in the analyses reported in the main text.

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This research was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

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Veilleux, LN., Proteau, L. Factors influencing online control of video-aiming movements performed without vision of the cursor. Psychological Research 74, 182–195 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-009-0229-z

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