Search research articles

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Apr 13, 2026

EEG Mu Rhythm in Typical and Atypical Development

EEG Mu Rhythm in Typical and Atypical Development

Published on: April 9, 2014

How affordance similarity impacts µ rhythm desynchronization during object selection.

Lilas Haddad¹, Solène Kalénine¹, Yannick Wamain¹

¹Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 9193 - SCALab - Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives, F - 59000, France.

Biological Psychology

|April 12, 2026

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Thematic knowledge survives visual crowding and influences object identification.

Psychological research·2026

Same author

Semantic Modulation of Spatial Judgments in Augmented Reality: Evidence from fNIRS.

Brain topography·2025

Same author

From framework to function: sharpening digital tool use within technological cognition.

Cognitive neuroscience·2025

Same author

Improving lexico-semantic integration with gesture-enriched pictures: A word-learning study using the Picture-Word Interference paradigm.

Memory & cognition·2025

Same author

Do motor representations influence declarative memory for graspable objects? A test with action priming and short-term hand nonuse.

Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)·2024

Same author

Interference from multiple affordances when selecting everyday graspable objects: Thematic relations solve it.

Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance·2024

Same journal

How Do We Remember the Future? A Systematic Review of ERP Components in Focal and Nonfocal Prospective Memory Tasks.

Biological psychology·2026

Same journal

Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex activity is associated with greater situational attributions and longer blame explanations in natural language.

Biological psychology·2026

Same journal

Factors influencing proprioceptive accuracy: An analysis of the joint position reproduction test.

Biological psychology·2026

Same journal

On choosing heart-rate-variability (HRV) metrics to reflect vagus-nerve functioning: The construct counts, not the algorithm.

Biological psychology·2026

Same journal

Social network composition and inflammation at midlife: A socioemotional selectivity theory perspective.

Biological psychology·2026

Same journal

Neurophysiological mechanisms of fluid intelligence: Insights from ERP and aperiodic activity in adolescents.

Biological psychology·2026

See all related articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Object affordance similarity slows perceptual judgments by impacting neural motor resonance. This effect is modulated by semantic relationships between objects, influencing motor neural network activity.

Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Perception and Action

Background:

Multiple objects in visual scenes have potential actions, known as object affordances.
Research indicates that similar object affordances can impede perceptual judgments.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if the perceptual cost of affordance similarity is observable at the neural level.
To determine how and when affordance similarity affects motor neural network activity via mu rhythm desynchronization.
To explore the influence of thematic object relations on this neural mechanism.

Main Methods:

Electroencephalography (EEG) recorded from 40 participants naming target objects in 3D scenes.
Object pairs varied in affordance similarity (power vs. precision grips) and thematic relatedness.
Analysis of mu rhythm desynchronization modulations over time in response to target selection cues.

Keywords:

3D visual scenes Grip size affordances Object selection Semantic relations µ rhythm

More Related Videos

Uncovering Beat Deafness: Detecting Rhythm Disorders with Synchronized Finger Tapping and Perceptual Timing Tasks

Uncovering Beat Deafness: Detecting Rhythm Disorders with Synchronized Finger Tapping and Perceptual Timing Tasks

Published on: March 16, 2015

Bouncing Ball with a Uniformly Varying Velocity in a Metronome Synchronization Task

Bouncing Ball with a Uniformly Varying Velocity in a Metronome Synchronization Task

Published on: September 21, 2017

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Apr 13, 2026

EEG Mu Rhythm in Typical and Atypical Development

EEG Mu Rhythm in Typical and Atypical Development

Published on: April 9, 2014

Uncovering Beat Deafness: Detecting Rhythm Disorders with Synchronized Finger Tapping and Perceptual Timing Tasks

Uncovering Beat Deafness: Detecting Rhythm Disorders with Synchronized Finger Tapping and Perceptual Timing Tasks

Published on: March 16, 2015

Bouncing Ball with a Uniformly Varying Velocity in a Metronome Synchronization Task

Bouncing Ball with a Uniformly Varying Velocity in a Metronome Synchronization Task

Published on: September 21, 2017

Main Results:

Reduced mu rhythm desynchronization observed when related objects shared similar affordances during target selection.
This reduction in mu rhythm desynchronization was absent when objects were unrelated.
Findings suggest a negative impact of affordance similarity on neural motor resonance.

Conclusions:

Affordance similarity negatively impacts neural motor resonance during object selection.
Semantic relations between objects modulate the neural effects of affordance similarity.
This study provides neural evidence for the interaction between object affordances, semantic memory, and motor preparation.