Beneficial effects of ambiguous precues: Parallel motor preparation or reduced premotoric processing time?
Beneficial effects of ambiguous precues: Parallel motor preparation or reduced premotoric processing time?
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1469-8986.2004.00155.x
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发表时间:
2004-03-01
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Ridderinkhof, KR
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作者:
Jentzsch, I;Leuthold, H;Ridderinkhof, KR
The present study was designed to investigate the mechanisms underlying movement preprogramming in situations where informative but ambiguous precue information is used. In a response preening task that involved flexi on or extension movements with the right or left index finger, a spatially compatible precue conveyed partial information about side, about direction, no parameter information (ambiguous condition), or no information at all. Advance movement preparation was indicated by reaction-time shortening for all informative precue conditions. The analysis of stimulus- and response-locked lateralized readiness potential onsets revealed a clear and exclusive motoric origin of the ambiguous-precue benefit. Additional analyses ruled out a strategic trial by trial choice of just one of the two ambiguous alternatives and provided evidence for a parallel preparation of both response alternatives when information only about direction or ambiguous precue information is provided.