Year: 2016
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Manual avoidance trajectories can be modulated by situational determinants: movement trajectories can either deviate away from obstacles in the workspace or remain unaffected.We review conditions under which these responses are produced and mechanisms underlying avoidance responses.In most cases the avoidance movement is specifically tuned to produce a response that is subtle and precise.This means that although avoidance responses are stereotypical under repeated conditions, avoidance responses are also unique for those conditions.This, in turn, seems to point to determinable laws that allow for prediction and therefore enhanced understanding of (avoidance) behavior.This review attempts to inventory those laws that have been researched at this point.Furthermore, we will show that the obstacle avoidance paradigm allows researchers to investigate what features of obstacles are integrated into the motor plan for movements in a cluttered and natural workspace.Moreover, this paradigm provides a way of testing the interaction between the visual dorsal and ventral stream.We consider obstacle avoidance an experimental framework suited for studying complex visuomotor control.
Author: Rudmer Menger
Language: English
Topic: Motor Control and Adaptation
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2586796954