The involvement of cognitive processing in a perceptual-motor process examined with EEG time-frequency analysis
The involvement of cognitive processing in a perceptual-motor process examined with EEG time-frequency analysis
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DOI:
10.1016/j.clinph.2008.11.024
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发表时间:
2009-03-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Imanaka, K.
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作者:
Katsumata, H.;Suzuki, K.;Imanaka, K.
Objective: For motor activities, visual information is crucial for organizing a movement with respect to a given Situation. The present study investigates how cognitive information processing is associated with this visuomotor process.Methods: Brain dynamics in executing two perceptual-motor tasks were examined in terms of event-related synchronization (ERS) and event-related desynchronization (ERD) of EEG. Those tasks were (1) reaching toward and grasping a visual object with a pinch grip, and (2) matching the pinch grip size with respect to the perceived object size.Results: According to the aperture size in the task execution, both the tasks were affected by the perceived object size inducing the Ebbinghaus illusion. The alpha-ERD patterns were associated with the movement execution and appeared to be identical in both the tasks, whilst the gamma-ERS appeared only for the grasping motion.Conclusions: These results suggest that cognitive processing was involved not only in the matching task but also in the grasping task. These ERD/ERS patterns are thought to reflect the similarity and difference in the perceptual-motor Processes between the two tasks. Significance: The analysis of ERD/ERS can provide insight on the qualitative feature in a visuomotor process associated with the involvement of cognitive processing. (C) 2008 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All Fights reserved.