How we perceive the width of grasped objects: Insights into the central processes that govern proprioceptive judgementsShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Journal of Physiology, ISSN 0022-3751, E-ISSN 1469-7793, Vol. 602, no 12, p. 2899-2916Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Low-level proprioceptive judgements involve a single frame of reference, whereas high-level proprioceptive judgements are made across different frames of reference. The present study systematically compared low-level (grasp -> grasp) and high-level (vision -> grasp, grasp -> vision) proprioceptive tasks, and quantified the consistency of grasp -> vision and possible reciprocal nature of related high-level proprioceptive tasks. Experiment 1 (n = 30) compared performance across vision -> grasp, a grasp -> vision and a grasp -> grasp tasks. Experiment 2 (n = 30) compared performance on the grasp -> vision task between hands and over time. Participants were accurate (mean absolute error 0.27 cm [0.20 to 0.34]; mean [95% CI]) and precise (R-2 = 0.95 [0.93 to 0.96]) for grasp -> grasp judgements, with a strong correlation between outcomes (r = -0.85 [-0.93 to -0.70]). Accuracy and precision decreased in the two high-level tasks (R-2 = 0.86 and 0.89; mean absolute error = 1.34 and 1.41 cm), with most participants overestimating perceived width for the vision -> grasp task and underestimating it for grasp -> vision task. There was minimal correlation between accuracy and precision for these two tasks. Converging evidence indicated performance was largely reciprocal (inverse) between the vision -> grasp and grasp -> vision tasks. Performance on the grasp -> vision task was consistent between dominant and non-dominant hands, and across repeated sessions a day or week apart. Overall, there are fundamental differences between low- and high-level proprioceptive judgements that reflect fundamental differences in the cortical processes that underpin these perceptions. Moreover, the central transformations that govern high-level proprioceptive judgements of grasp are personalised, stable and reciprocal for reciprocal tasks.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
WILEY , 2024. Vol. 602, no 12, p. 2899-2916
Keywords [en]
calibration; grasp; internal models; perception; proprioception
National Category
Clinical Laboratory Medicine
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-203751DOI: 10.1113/JP286322ISI: 001218534000001PubMedID: 38734987Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85192956983OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-203751DiVA, id: diva2:1861482
Note
Funding Agencies|National Health and Medical Research Council
2024-05-282024-05-282025-01-30Bibliographically approved