Transfer effects of visuomotor adaptation in various distal action spaces

新技术环境中的目标运动（例如使用遥控工业机器人或腹腔镜进行微创手术）通常需要学习机制，其中近端动作效果（手部运动）转化为远端动作效果（通常是屏幕上的工具运动）。这种视觉运动学习过程的特点是短期减少运动误差和长期适应变化的环境。所获得的技能可以推广到远端工作空间的其他区域和身体的其他末端执行器。我们实验室的初步研究也表明，泛化过程受到工作空间的起点和终点的影响。本项目考察了工作空间的特征，这些特征对泛化过程有积极或消极的影响。

Aimed movements in new technical environments (e.g. operating with a remote-controlled industrial robot or a laparoscope for minimally invasive surgery) often require learning mechanisms, in which the proximal action effect (the hand movement) is transformed to a distal action effect (usually the tool movement on the screen). This visuomotor learning process is characterized by a short-term reduction of the motor error and a long-term adaptation to the transformed environment. The acquired skills can be generalized to other areas of the distal working space and to other end effectors of the body. A preliminary study in our lab has also shown that the generalization process is influenced by the start and end points of the working space. The present project examines the characteristics of the working space, which have a positive or negative effect on the generalization process.