Between-limb asynchronies during bimanual coordination: Effects of manual dominance and attentional cueing

Swinnen, Stephan P.; Jardin, Kris; Meulenbroek, Ruud G. J.

doi:10.1016/0028-3932(96)00047-4

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“…As such, this method reduces the chance of introducing confounding factors into the experimental design. For this reason, and because manipulation of attentional focus by means of instruction led to similar results regarding the lead-lag relation between the limbs (Franz, 2004;Swinnen et al, 1996;Wuyts et al, 1996), the latter strategy was applied in the present experiment.…”

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“…Empirically, this asymmetry in coupling strength was evidenced by demonstrations that both spontaneous, frequency-induced (Byblow et al, 1994;Byblow, Chua, & Goodman, 1995;De Poel et al, in press) and voluntary (Carson, Byblow, Abernethy, & Summers, 1996;De Poel et al, 2006) switches between coordination patterns were mediated predominantly by changes in the phasing of the ND limb and by the observation that the phasing of the ND limb was more strongly influenced by a mechanical perturbation of the contralateral (D) limb than the D limb's phasing was in response to a perturbation of the contralateral (ND) limb (De Poel et al, in press). 1 Interestingly, previous studies revealed that the observed phase lead of the D limb could be modulated by means of attention: When attention was focused on the movements of the D (ND) limb, the phase lead of the D limb increased (decreased) Franz, 2004;Pellegrini, Andrade, & Teixeira, 2004;Riley, Amazeen, Amazeen, Treffner, & Turvey, 1997;Swinnen et al, 1996). Moreover, such an asymmetry in attentional focus affected the stability of bimanual performance, in that focusing on the D limb resulted in enhanced coordinative stability Swinnen et al, 1996).…”

Section: Asymmetries In Interlimb Coupling Strengthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Empirically, however, the phase relation between the limbs has been demonstrated to be affected by hand dominance. Typically, for right-handed (RH) participants the right hand is, on average, slightly leading in time, whereas the opposite is true for lefthanded (LH) individuals (e.g., De Poel et al, in press;Semjen, Summers, & Cattaert, 1995;Stucchi & Viviani, 1993;Swinnen, Jardin, & Meulenbroek, 1996;Treffner & Turvey, 1995. For one-dimensional oscillatory movements this implies small but significant deviations (i.e., phase shifts) from the intended relative phases of 0°and 180°.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…1 Interestingly, previous studies revealed that the observed phase lead of the D limb could be modulated by means of attention: When attention was focused on the movements of the D (ND) limb, the phase lead of the D limb increased (decreased) Franz, 2004;Pellegrini, Andrade, & Teixeira, 2004;Riley, Amazeen, Amazeen, Treffner, & Turvey, 1997;Swinnen et al, 1996). Moreover, such an asymmetry in attentional focus affected the stability of bimanual performance, in that focusing on the D limb resulted in enhanced coordinative stability Swinnen et al, 1996). These effects of attentional asymmetries on the bimanual coordination dynamics were similar to those obtained for handedness and were therefore consistent with the asymmetric potential proposed by Treffner and Turvey (1995;see Amazeen et al, 1997;Riley et al, 1997).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In other studies, attention was manipulated by instructing the participants to look at and concentrate on the movements of one of the limbs (e.g., Franz, 2004;Swinnen et al, 1996;Wuyts, Summers, Carson, Byblow, & Semjen, 1996), while Franz (2004) also examined instructionally directed non-visual attention (see also Sherwood & Rios, 2001). Although, in contrast to the previous paradigm, this instructional manipulation does not readily allow for graded variations in the attentional asymmetry, it does not introduce or impose a difference in performance requirements between the two subtasks.…”

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Laterally focused attention modulates asymmetric coupling in rhythmic interlimb coordination

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2006

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Peters (J Motor Behav 21:151-155, 1989; Interlimb coordination: neural, dynamical and cognitive constraints, Academic, Orlando, pp 595-615, 1994) suggested that expressions of handedness in bimanual coordination may be reflections of an inherent attentional bias. Indeed, previous results indicated that focusing attention on one of the limbs affected the relative phasing between the limbs in a manner comparable to the effects of hand dominance. The present study extended the comparison between the effects of attentional focus and handedness by testing their impact on the interactions between the limbs. Both lefthanded and right-handed participants performed rhythmic bimanual coordination tasks (in-phase and antiphase coordination), while directing attention to either limb. Using brief mechanical perturbations, the degree to which the limbs were influenced by each other was determined. The results revealed that the non-dominant limb was more strongly affected by the dominant limb than vice versa and that, in line with Peters' proposition, this handedness-related asymmetry in coupling strength was reduced when attention was focused on the non-dominant limb, thereby highlighting the potential relation between inherent (handednessrelated) asymmetries and voluntary attentional asymmetries. In contrast to previous findings, the (commonly observed) phase lead of the dominant limb was attenuated (rather than accrued) when attention was focused on this limb. This unexpected result was explained in terms of the observed attention-related difference in amplitude between the limbs.

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Section: Experimental Manipulations and Predictionsmentioning

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Section: Asymmetries In Interlimb Coupling Strengthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Laterally focused attention modulates asymmetric coupling in rhythmic interlimb coordination

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Heuer

2003

Handbook of Psychology

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Skilled movements require the determination of motor outflow which is appropriate for a certain intended motor pattern; this poses an intricate control problem because of the complex transformations on the way from neural activity to actual limb movements. Solutions are reached by combinations of feedforward and feedback processes. Feedforward processes start before the physical movement and embrace a representation which anticipates it. This anticipatory representation is involved in control and can be modeled in different ways, for example, as a generalized motor program or as a neural network. Sensory information is required both to adapt the anticipatory movement representation to the environment and for feedback‐based corrections, but it is not necessarily the same kind of information on which perceptual awareness is based. Many tasks require the coordinated action of different limbs. While the interactions between the limbs involved are largely tuned to the task requirements, there are constraints which are hard or even impossible to overcome. These constraints originate at different levels of motor control. Overall motor control reveals a remarkable degree of flexibility in adjusting to new visuo‐motor transformations and force fields.

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Using a continuous index of laterality to determine how laterality is related to interhemispheric transfer and bimanual coordination in children

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Corroyer²

2003

Developmental Psychobiology

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We sought to determine whether laterality is related to interhemispheric transfer and bimanual coordination during development. Children between 3 and 8 years of age were observed. In the first part of the experiment, we devised a continuous index to order the subjects according to their laterality. The laterality index included evaluation of hand and eye preference, and the right-left performance difference. In the second part of the experiment, we used this single index to determine whether laterality is related to interhemispheric transfer and bimanual coordination. Interhemispheric transfer was assessed by means of two tactile transfer tasks and one visuo-manual transfer task. We assessed bimanual coordination using the tapping task and the bimanual crank-rotation task. Results showed that right- and left-hand writers overlap on certain measures of laterality. They confirmed the improvement of interhemispheric transfer at around age 5 years, earlier progress in bimanual coordination with mirror than with parallel movements, and the existence of a relationship between visuo-manual interhemispheric transfer and bimanual coordination. The laterality index was not related to interhemispheric transfer, but it was related to the younger subjects' performance on the bimanual crank-rotation task: the less right handed, the better the bimanual coordination. In addition, on the same bimanual task, crossed hand-eye laterality was associated with better performance.

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Between-limb asynchronies during bimanual coordination: Effects of manual dominance and attentional cueing

Cited by 139 publications

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Laterally focused attention modulates asymmetric coupling in rhythmic interlimb coordination

Laterally focused attention modulates asymmetric coupling in rhythmic interlimb coordination

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Using a continuous index of laterality to determine how laterality is related to interhemispheric transfer and bimanual coordination in children

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