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Area of Science:

  • Motor control
  • Human movement science
  • Cognitive neuroscience

Background:

  • Early aiming adjustments rely on impulse control (IC).
  • Perturbations can increase the risk of costly overshoot errors.
  • Movement optimization principles influence error correction costs, such as gravity's effect on downward movements.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how impulse control (IC) adjusts to online perturbations.
  • To examine if the perceived risk of errors influences early impulse control.
  • To determine if impulse control can discriminate the likelihood of errors following visual perturbations.

Main Methods:

  • Participants performed upward and downward aiming movements.
  • Online perturbations were introduced via shifting texture elements on the aiming surface.
  • Visual perturbations created misperceptions of limb velocity (congruent vs. incongruent backgrounds).

Main Results:

  • Greater undershooting was observed for downward compared to upward aims, reflecting movement optimization.
  • More undershooting occurred with incongruent backgrounds, indicating adjustments to misperceived limb velocity.
  • No significant interactions were found throughout the movement trajectory.

Conclusions:

  • The initial movement plan considers potential error costs.
  • Early impulse control (IC) adjusts to perturbations but may not discriminate the likelihood of errors.
  • Visual perturbations, while influencing early adjustments, did not alter the overall movement trajectory interactively.