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Erin K Cressman¹, Denise Y P Henriques

¹School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. erin.cressman@uottowa.ca

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Reaching with visual errors recalibrates proprioception, aligning hand position sense with visual feedback. This motor adaptation effect is robust across various conditions, suggesting a fundamental link between vision and proprioception.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Motor Control
Sensory Perception

Background:

Goal-directed reaching adapts quickly to visual feedback errors.
Proprioceptive recalibration, aligning proprioception with visual estimates, is hypothesized to occur during such adaptation.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate whether reaching with misaligned visual feedback leads to proprioceptive recalibration.
To examine the extent and consistency of proprioceptive recalibration across different experimental parameters.

Main Methods:

Subjects performed reaching movements with a visuomotor rotation (e.g., 30° clockwise).
Proprioceptive recalibration was assessed by comparing hand position estimates before and after adaptation.
Estimates were taken using both active and passive hand placements with visual or proprioceptive references.

Main Results:

Reaching adaptation to visual errors induced proprioceptive recalibration in the same direction.
Proprioception recalibrated by approximately 30%, mirroring motor adaptation.
Recalibration magnitude was consistent across variations in hand placement, reference modality, training hand, distortion introduction, age, and distortion magnitude.

Conclusions:

Visuomotor adaptation during reaching involves partial proprioceptive recalibration.
This recalibration aligns felt hand position with visual estimates, indicating integrated sensorimotor processing.