The role of short-term visuo-spatial memory in control of rapid multi-joint prehensive movements

Kohler, Janice A.; Isenberg, Christopher; Pw, Schönle; Gf, Inbar; Conrad, Bastian

doi:10.1007/bf00381463

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“…WM processes are also employed during grasping movements, for example, to keep the goal relevant information for a subsequent execution of the grasp (e.g., Fiehler et al, 2011 ; Fournier et al, 2014 ). Accordingly, the execution of the grasping movements after a delay has been shown to depend on WM (e.g., Kohler et al, 1989 ; Binsted et al, 2006 ; Singhal et al, 2007 ; Hesse and Franz, 2010 ).…”

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Movement Interferes with Visuospatial Working Memory during the Encoding: An ERP Study

2017

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The present study focuses on the functional interactions of cognition and manual action control. Particularly, we investigated the neurophysiological correlates of the dual-task costs of a manual-motor task (requiring grasping an object, holding it, and subsequently placing it on a target) for working memory (WM) domains (verbal and visuospatial) and processes (encoding and retrieval). Thirty participants were tested in a cognitive-motor dual-task paradigm, in which a single block (a verbal or visuospatial WM task) was compared with a dual block (concurrent performance of a WM task and a motor task). Event-related potentials (ERPs) were analyzed separately for the encoding and retrieval processes of verbal and visuospatial WM domains both in single and dual blocks. The behavioral analyses show that the motor task interfered with WM and decreased the memory performance. The performance decrease was larger for the visuospatial task compared with the verbal task, i.e., domain-specific memory costs were obtained. The ERP analyses show the domain-specific interference also at the neurophysiological level, which is further process-specific to encoding. That is, comparing the patterns of WM-related ERPs in the single block and dual block, we showed that visuospatial ERPs changed only for the encoding process when a motor task was performed at the same time. Generally, the present study provides evidence for domain- and process-specific interactions of a prepared manual-motor movement with WM (visuospatial domain during the encoding process). This study, therefore, provides an initial neurophysiological characterization of functional interactions of WM and manual actions in a cognitive-motor dual-task setting, and contributes to a better understanding of the neuro-cognitive mechanisms of motor action control.

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Movement Interferes with Visuospatial Working Memory during the Encoding: An ERP Study

2017

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“…Several studies show that vision is particularly important for the final adjustment during the terminal stages of the movement (8). Absence of vision during the pointing movement requires temporary remembering of target position in space (9). In addition, information about hand position during the pointing movement can be derived only from nonvisual inputs (10,ll).…”

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Visual control of arm movement in Parkinson's disease

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Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) are more dependent on visual information during movements than normals. To investigate the mechanisms underlying deterioration of movement under nonvisual conditions, we studied two-dimensional pointing movements to randomly occurring targets. The experimental design allowed us to systematically manipulate visual feedback during the movement by removing vision of the target, of the moving hand, or of both. Execution of pointing movements in PD deviated most severely from that of normals when PD patients moved without vision of their own moving hand. Under this condition, undershooting of the target appeared, and movements were particularly slow. In contrast, with complete vision or when only vision of the target was occluded, pointing movements of PD patients were accurate and faster. PD patients had no difficulties selecting the correct movement direction. Reaction times were longer in PD patients irrespective of the availability of visual feedback. Our findings suggest that the ability of PD patients to use nonvisual feedback during execution of arm movements is impaired.

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“…The link between the context updating, particularly the updating of WM with new stimulus–response pair, and movement re-planning also conforms to the motor control research suggesting the functional role of WM in manual action control. For example, WM stores the task-related target information for the upcoming movement (e.g., Hesse & Franz, 2009 , 2010 ; Hesse et al, 2016 ; Kohler et al, 1989 ; for a review, see Schenk & Hesse, 2018 ). Importantly, WM selects and prepares the movement plans, and changes them favoring the alternative new plans when necessary (e.g., Fournier et al, 2014 ; Gallivan et al, 2016 ).…”

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“…Additionally, movement re-planning–WM interactions during grasping movements are also compatible with the motor control research suggesting the functional role of WM in manual actions. For example, it has been shown that WM selects, prepares and changes the movement plans (e.g., Fournier et al, 2014 ; Gallivan et al, 2016 ) as well as keeps the task-related target information active for the upcoming movement (e.g., Hesse & Franz, 2009 , 2010 ; Hesse et al, 2016 ; Kohler et al, 1989 ; for a review, see Schenk & Hesse, 2018 ).…”

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Manual action re-planning interferes with the maintenance process of working memory: an ERP investigation

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Schack

Koester

2022

Psychological Research

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The current study investigated the re-planning of the grasping movements, its functional interactions with working memory (WM), and underlying neurophysiological activity. Mainly, the current study investigated the movement re-planning interference with WM domains (verbal, visuospatial) and processes (maintenance, retrieval). We combined a cognitive-motor dual-task paradigm with an EEG setting. Thirty-six participants completed the verbal and visuospatial versions of a WM task concurrently with a manual task which required performing a grasp-and-place movement by keeping the initial movement plan (prepared movement condition) or changing it for reversing the movement direction (re-planned movement condition). ERPs were extracted for the prepared and re-planned conditions in the verbal and visuospatial tasks separately during the maintenance and retrieval processes. ERP analyses showed that during the maintenance process of both the verbal and visuospatial tasks, the re-planned movements compared to the prepared movements generated a larger positive slow wave with a centroparietal maximum between 200 and 700. We interpreted this ERP effect as a P300 component for the re-planned movements. There was no ERP difference between the planned and re-planned movements during the retrieval process. Accordingly, we suggest that re-planning the grasp-and-place movement interfered at least with the maintenance of the verbal and visuospatial domains, resulting in the re-planning costs. More generally, the current study provides the initial neurophysiological investigations of the movement re-planning–WM interactions during grasping movements, and contributes to a better understanding of the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying manual action flexibility.

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The role of short-term visuo-spatial memory in control of rapid multi-joint prehensive movements

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

Movement Interferes with Visuospatial Working Memory during the Encoding: An ERP Study

Movement Interferes with Visuospatial Working Memory during the Encoding: An ERP Study

Visual control of arm movement in Parkinson's disease

Manual action re-planning interferes with the maintenance process of working memory: an ERP investigation

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