The Role of Planning and Efference in the Recall of Location and Distance Cues in Short-Term Motor Memory
- 1 June 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Motor Behavior
- Vol. 13 (2) , 65-76
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.1981.10735237
Abstract
Previous studies have suggested that the superior accuracy of preselected (subject-defined) over constrained (experimenter-defined) movements is due to both the availability of a movement plan and efferent-command information. The present experiment examined the contribution of the planning and efferent components to the preselection effect in a location and a distance task. The availability of a movement plan was manipulated by providing preselected and constrained groups of subjects with a rehearsal movement. Furthermore, the amount of efferent information available was varied by requiring both active and passive rehearsal movements. The results suggested that while strategy alone is responsible for the superiority of preselected location, both strategy and efferent information underlie the superiority of preselected distance reproduction.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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