Location memory biases reveal the challenges of coordinating visual and kinesthetic reference frames

Vanessa R Simmering; Clayton Peterson; Warren Darling; John P Spencer

doi:10.1007/s00221-007-1089-7

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Location memory biases reveal the challenges of coordinating visual and kinesthetic reference frames

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Location memory biases reveal the challenges of coordinating visual and kinesthetic reference frames

Vanessa R Simmering, Clayton Peterson, Warren Darling and John P Spencer

Experimental brain research, Vol.184(2), pp.165-178

01/2008

DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1089-7

PMCID: PMC2630493

PMID: 17703284

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Five experiments explored the influence of visual and kinesthetic/proprioceptive reference frames on location memory. Experiments 1 and 2 compared visual and kinesthetic reference frames in a memory task using visually-specified locations and a visually-guided response. When the environment was visible, results replicated previous findings of biases away from the midline symmetry axis of the task space, with stability for targets aligned with this axis. When the environment was not visible, results showed some evidence of bias away from a kinesthetically-specified midline (trunk anterior–posterior [a–p] axis), but there was little evidence of stability when targets were aligned with body midline. This lack of stability may reflect the challenges of coordinating visual and kinesthetic information in the absence of an environmental reference frame. Thus, Experiments 3–5 examined kinesthetic guidance of hand movement to kinesthetically-defined targets. Performance in these experiments was generally accurate with no evidence of consistent biases away from the trunk a–p axis. We discuss these results in the context of the challenges of coordinating reference frames within versus between multiple sensori-motor systems.

Coordinate transformations

Proprioception

Reference frames

Memory

Keywords Vision

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Title: Subtitle: Location memory biases reveal the challenges of coordinating visual and kinesthetic reference frames
Creators: Vanessa R Simmering - Iowa Center for Learning and Developmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Clayton Peterson - Iowa Center for Learning and Developmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Warren Darling - Iowa Center for Learning and Developmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
John P Spencer - Iowa Center for Learning and Developmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Experimental brain research, Vol.184(2), pp.165-178
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1089-7
PMID: 17703284
PMCID: PMC2630493
NLM abbreviation: Exp Brain Res
ISSN: 0014-4819
eISSN: 1432-1106
Language: English
Date published: 01/2008
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences; Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science; Health, Sport, and Human Physiology
Record Identifier: 9984002487002771

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