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Closing-in behaviour and motor distractibility.

Elisabetta Ambron1, Sergio Della Sala, Robert D McIntosh

  • 1Human Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, 7 George Square, EH8 9JZ Edinburgh, United Kingdom. eambron@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

Neuropsychologia
|January 11, 2012
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Closing-in behaviour (CIB) may stem from a failure to inhibit motor distractions. This study found children with CIB showed increased attraction to visual distractors during reaching tasks, supporting this hypothesis.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Motor Control

Background:

  • Closing-in behaviour (CIB) is observed in typically developing children and adults with dementia, characterized by proximity in graphic copying.
  • The impact of visual distractors on reaching movements is well-documented in adults, revealing automatic response suppression.
  • The relationship between CIB and distractor inhibition during reaching has not been previously explored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if closing-in behaviour (CIB) is associated with impaired inhibition of motor distractions.
  • To test the hypothesis that CIB reflects a failure to suppress automatically primed responses towards salient stimuli.
  • To compare distractor effects on reaching in children with and without CIB, and in adults.

Main Methods:

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  • Tested pre-school children with and without CIB, and young adults on reaching tasks with task-relevant and task-irrelevant visual distractors.
  • Measured deviations in reaching trajectories in response to distractors.
  • Analyzed differences in veering towards or away from distractors across age groups and CIB status.

Main Results:

  • Both child groups exhibited greater veering towards distractors compared to adults, indicating reduced automatic response inhibition.
  • Children with CIB showed a significantly stronger tendency to veer towards task-irrelevant distractors than children without CIB.
  • Findings suggest a link between CIB and difficulties in inhibiting automatic motor responses.

Conclusions:

  • Closing-in behaviour (CIB) appears to be related to a failure in inhibiting motor distractions.
  • The results support the hypothesis that CIB involves an automatic attraction to salient stimuli, hindering response inhibition.
  • This research highlights the importance of inhibitory control in the development of motor skills and spatial behaviour.