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Does limb proprioception drift?

J P Wann1, S F Ibrahim

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Experimental Brain Research
|January 1, 1992
PubMed
Summary
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Perceived limb position drifts towards the body during visual occlusion. This proprioceptive drift is reduced by limb glimpses or repositioning but not fully reset, suggesting central processing, not just sensor adaptation.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Human Motor Control
  • Perception

Background:

  • Proprioception, the sense of limb position, is crucial for motor control.
  • Previous studies yielded conflicting results on whether perceived limb position drifts during visual occlusion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To re-examine the hypothesis of proprioceptive drift during visual occlusion.
  • To investigate the influence of brief visual cues, proprioceptive stimulation, and attention on this drift.

Main Methods:

  • Sixteen adult subjects judged static limb position under visual occlusion (up to 2 min).
  • Interventions included brief limb "glimpses" (250 ms), occasional proprioceptive stimulation, and directed attention versus a tracking task.

Main Results:

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  • Clear evidence of limb position drift towards the body during visual occlusion was observed.
  • This drift was halted by brief visual glimpses or minor repositioning, but not reset to the original perceived position.
  • Attending to limb position amplified the drift compared to a secondary tracking task.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support a drift in proprioceptively perceived limb position during visual occlusion.
  • Results challenge purely peripheral sensor adaptation explanations for this drift.
  • A central-drift hypothesis, involving interactions between visual and proprioceptive maps, is proposed.