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Factors influencing planning of a familiar grasp to an object: what it is to pick a cup

Rounis, E; Zhang, Z; Pizzamiglio, G; Duta, M; Humphreys, G; (2017) Factors influencing planning of a familiar grasp to an object: what it is to pick a cup. Experimental Brain Research , 235 (4) pp. 1281-1296. 10.1007/s00221-017-4883-x. Green open access

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Abstract

We assessed the factors influencing the planning of actions required to manipulate one of two everyday objects with matching dimensions but openings at opposite ends: a cup and a vase. We found that, for cups, measures of movement preparation to reach and grasp the object were influenced by whether the grasp was made to the functional part of the object (wide opening) and whether the action would end in a supinated as opposed to a pronated grasp. These factors interacted such that effects of hand posture were found only when a less familiar grasp was made to the non-functional part of the cup (the base). These effects were not found with the vase, which has a less familiar location for grasping. We interpret the results in terms of a parallel model of action selection, modulated by both the familiarity of the grasp to a part of the object, likely to reflect object ‘affordances’ and the end state comfort of the action.

Type: Article
Title: Factors influencing planning of a familiar grasp to an object: what it is to pick a cup
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-017-4883-x
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-017-4883-x
Language: English
Additional information: © The Author(s) 2017. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
Keywords: Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Neurosciences, Neurosciences & Neurology, Affordances, Motor Preparation, End State Comfort, Reaction Times, Dorsal Premotor Cortex, Neuropsychological Evidence, Time-Course, Motor, Affordance, Selection, Cognition, Representation, Compatibility, Manipulation
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10041152
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