three-dimensional reach trajectories as a probe of real-time decision-making between multiple competing targets
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Abstract
Though several features of cognitive processing can be inferred from the discrete measurement (e.g., reaction time, accuracy, etc.) of participants’ conscious reports (e.g., verbal or key-press responses), it is becoming increasingly clear that a much richer understanding of these features can be captured from continuous measures of rapid, largely non-conscious behaviours like hand or eye movements. Here, using new experimental data, we describe in detail both the approach and analyses implemented in some of our previous studies that have used rapid reaching movements under cases of target uncertainty in order to probe the features, constraints and dynamics of stimulus-related processing in the brain. This work, as well as that of others, shows that when individuals are simultaneously presented with multiple potential targets—only one of which will be cued after reach onset—they produce initial reach trajectories that are spatially biased in accordance with the probabilistic distribution of targets. Such ‘spatial averaging’ effects are consistent with observations from neurophysiological studies showing that neuronal populations in sensorimotor brain structures represent multiple target choices in parallel and they compete for selection. These effects also confirm and help extend computational models aimed at understanding the underlying mechanisms that support action-target selection. We suggest that the use of this simple, yet powerful behavioural paradigm for providing a ‘real-time’ visualization of ongoing cognitive processes occurring at the neural level offers great promise for studying processes related to a wide range of psychological phenomena, such as decision-making and the representation of objects.
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| Authors | ;Jason P Gallivan;Craig Stuart Chapman |
| Journal | Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry |
| Year | 2014 |
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