LACK OF PREDICTION IN MOTOR BEHAVIOR OF PARKINSONISM
LACK OF PREDICTION IN MOTOR BEHAVIOR OF PARKINSONISM
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DOI:
10.1093/brain/101.1.35
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
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影响因子:
14.5
通讯作者:
FLOWERS, K
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FLOWERS, K
Amajor component of normal skilled movement is prediction. In a previous paper (Flowers, 1978a) it was suggested that normal subjects use prediction as much as possible in controlling their behaviour, especially in perceptual-motor skills. Subjects were described as building an'internal model'of the external world, from which they can generate predictive hypotheses of future events, and as using these predictions in the immediate control of behaviour (Gregory, 1970). They use sensory information to build up their model and to trigger off predictions, rather than to initiate responses directly (except where prediction is impossible). Working this way enables them to circumvent the handicap of their reaction time, and also to continue appropriate actions in the absence of sensory data—if their predictions are correct. Inaccurate predictions may lead subjects to make greater errors than would occur with a strategy of direct response to the sensory input. These characteristics were demonstrated in 16 subjects performing three simple pursuit tracking tasks.This report describes the tracking behaviour of two groups of subjects with neurological disorders of movement (Parkinson's disease and intention tremor of various kinds), and investigates the degree to which they show predictive control in initiating and controlling their actions. Previous work with these patients has shown that Parkinson's disease affects the patient's ability to produce preprogrammed'ballistic'movements when aiming at a stationary target point, and also to generate smooth continuous movement over a wide range of frequencies (Flowers, 1975, 1976, 19786), suggesting that this may represent a lack of prediction in the control of the subject's own movements. Do these patients also lack the normal tendency to predict future events in the external world to which they must direct their actions? The tremor group, who have considerable difficulty in controlling their own movements, but who show a normal predictive element in their aiming, were tested as a comparison group. Two features of predictive control