Abstract：
:The influence of a secondary task on speeded responses, and its effect on the outcome of more complex tasks has been studied in detail. However, the consequence of task interference on specific movement parameters other than speed and accuracy has been largely ignored. The current study examines how performing a secondary task impacts the drawing of an unseen shape. Without vision of the hand, 15 subjects traced a shape on a graphics tablet. The shape and cursor were projected onto a screen. The shape disappeared and the subject attempted to draw three consecutive identical shapes. In the visual single-task condition, hand positions were represented by a cursor, but the resultant drawings could not be seen; in another, there was no visual feedback. In four remaining conditions, the 15 subjects drew the previously seen shapes without visual feedback while performing a secondary task of reporting the orientation of an arrow which appeared on the screen either in random or periodic timing. Subjects indicated the direction of the arrow either verbally or manually. Shapes were analyzed for scale, error of the corner angles as compared with 90 degrees, and drift, compared to the reference shape and across conditions. In dual-task conditions, performance of the primary, shape-drawing task deteriorated with respect to location and orientation, but not with respect to the pattern and proportion aspects of the shape. Vision was important for controlling position of the drawing, and also for controlling the shape and proportion of the drawing suggesting separate mechanisms for the location of a drawing and its shape and proportion. Furthermore, we propose that internal representations are more important than proprioception in the shape aspect of drawing well-known figures.
journal_name
Exp Brain Resjournal_title
Experimental brain researchauthors
Martin BC,Henriques DYdoi
10.1007/s00221-009-2112-ysubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-04-01 00:00:00pages
65-77issue
1eissn
0014-4819issn
1432-1106journal_volume
202pub_type
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