Precise timing when hitting falling balls.

Abstract:

:People are extremely good at hitting falling balls with a baseball bat. Despite the ball's constant acceleration, they have been reported to time hits with a standard deviation of only about 7 ms. To examine how people achieve such precision, we compared performance when there were no added restrictions, with performance when looking with one eye, when vision was blurred, and when various parts of the ball's trajectory were hidden from view. We also examined how the size of the ball and varying the height from which it was dropped influenced temporal precision. Temporal precision did not become worse when vision was blurred, when the ball was smaller, or when balls falling from different heights were randomly interleaved. The disadvantage of closing one eye did not exceed expectations from removing one of two independent estimates. Precision was higher for slower balls, but only if the ball being slower meant that one saw it longer before the hit. It was particularly important to see the ball while swinging the bat. Together, these findings suggest that people time their hits so precisely by using the changing elevation throughout the swing to adjust the bat's movement to that of the ball.

journal_name

Front Hum Neurosci

authors

Brenner E,Driesen B,Smeets JB

doi

10.3389/fnhum.2014.00342

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-05-22 00:00:00

pages

342

issn

1662-5161

journal_volume

8

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Corrigendum: Higher integrity of the motor and visual pathways in long-term video game players.

    abstract::[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00098.]. ...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章,已发布勘误

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2019.00125

    authors: Zhang Y,Du G,Yang Y,Qin W,Li X,Zhang Q

    更新日期:2019-04-09 00:00:00

  • Expansion of Perceptual Body Maps Near - But Not Across - The Wrist.

    abstract::Perceiving the external spatial location of touch requires that tactile information about the stimulus location on the skin be integrated with proprioceptive information about the location of the body in external space, a process called tactile spatial remapping. Recent results have suggested that this process relies ...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2017.00111

    authors: Longo MR

    更新日期:2017-03-07 00:00:00

  • Relationship of the Acoustic Startle Response and Its Modulation to Adaptive and Maladaptive Behaviors in Typically Developing Children and Those With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Pilot Study.

    abstract::Background: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with persistent impairments in adaptive functioning across multiple domains of daily life. Thus, investigation of the biological background of both adaptive and maladaptive behaviors may shed light on developing effective interventions for improving social adapt...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2019.00005

    authors: Ebishima K,Takahashi H,Stickley A,Nakahachi T,Sumiyoshi T,Kamio Y

    更新日期:2019-01-22 00:00:00

  • Recipient design in human communication: simple heuristics or perspective taking?

    abstract::Humans have a remarkable capacity for tuning their communicative behaviors to different addressees, a phenomenon also known as recipient design. It remains unclear how this tuning of communicative behavior is implemented during live human interactions. Classical theories of communication postulate that recipient desig...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2012.00253

    authors: Blokpoel M,van Kesteren M,Stolk A,Haselager P,Toni I,van Rooij I

    更新日期:2012-09-25 00:00:00

  • Corrigendum: GRETNA: a graph theoretical network analysis toolbox for imaging connectomics.

    abstract::[This corrects the article on p. 386 in vol. 9, PMID: 26175682.]. ...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 已发布勘误

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00458

    authors: Wang J,Wang X,Xia M,Liao X,Evans A,He Y

    更新日期:2015-08-19 00:00:00

  • Quadri-stability of a spatially ambiguous auditory illusion.

    abstract::In addition to vision, audition plays an important role in sound localization in our world. One way we estimate the motion of an auditory object moving towards or away from us is from changes in volume intensity. However, the human auditory system has unequally distributed spatial resolution, including difficulty dist...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.01060

    authors: Bainbridge CM,Bainbridge WA,Oliva A

    更新日期:2015-01-15 00:00:00

  • Differences in Dysfunction of Thenar and Hypothenar Motoneurons in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

    abstract::This study aimed to determine differences in spinal motoneuron dysfunction between the abductor pollicis brevis (APB) and the abductor digiti minimi (ADM) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients based on studying F-waves. Forty ALS patients and 20 normal controls (NCs) underwent motor nerve conduction studies ...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2016.00099

    authors: Fang J,Cui L,Liu M,Guan Y,Li X,Li D,Cui B,Shen D,Ding Q

    更新日期:2016-03-07 00:00:00

  • The steady-state response of the cerebral cortex to the beat of music reflects both the comprehension of music and attention.

    abstract::The brain's analyses of speech and music share a range of neural resources and mechanisms. Music displays a temporal structure of complexity similar to that of speech, unfolds over comparable timescales, and elicits cognitive demands in tasks involving comprehension and attention. During speech processing, synchronize...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00436

    authors: Meltzer B,Reichenbach CS,Braiman C,Schiff ND,Hudspeth AJ,Reichenbach T

    更新日期:2015-08-06 00:00:00

  • Dissociating Arithmetic Operations in the Parietal Cortex Using 1 Hz Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: The Importance of Strategy Use.

    abstract::The triple-code model (TCM) of number processing suggests the involvement of distinct parietal cortex areas in arithmetic operations: the bilateral horizontal segment of the intraparietal sulcus (hIPS) for arithmetic operations that require the manipulation of numerical quantities (e.g., subtraction) and the left angu...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2020.00271

    authors: Fresnoza S,Christova M,Purgstaller S,Jehna M,Zaar K,Hoffermann M,Mahdy Ali K,Körner C,Gallasch E,von Campe G,Ischebeck A

    更新日期:2020-07-16 00:00:00

  • Imaging deductive reasoning and the new paradigm.

    abstract::There has been a great expansion of research into human reasoning at all of Marr's explanatory levels. There is a tendency for this work to progress within a level largely ignoring the others which can lead to slippage between levels (Chater et al., 2003). It is argued that recent brain imaging research on deductive r...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00101

    authors: Oaksford M

    更新日期:2015-02-27 00:00:00

  • The What, the When, and the Whether of Intentional Action in the Brain: A Meta-Analytical Review.

    abstract::In their attempt to define discrete subcomponents of intentionality, Brass and Haggard (2008) proposed their What, When, and Whether model (www-model) which postulates that the content, the timing and the possibility of generating an action can be partially independent both at the cognitive level and at the level of t...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2017.00238

    authors: Zapparoli L,Seghezzi S,Paulesu E

    更新日期:2017-05-17 00:00:00

  • Automatic processing of unattended object features by functional connectivity.

    abstract::Observers can selectively attend to object features that are relevant for a task. However, unattended task-irrelevant features may still be processed and possibly integrated with the attended features. This study investigated the neural mechanisms for processing both task-relevant (attended) and task-irrelevant (unatt...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00193

    authors: Mayer KM,Vuong QC

    更新日期:2013-05-15 00:00:00

  • Interpreting Prefrontal Recruitment During Walking After Stroke: Influence of Individual Differences in Mobility and Cognitive Function.

    abstract::Background: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a valuable neuroimaging approach for studying cortical contributions to walking function. Recruitment of prefrontal cortex during walking has been a particular area of focus in the literature. The present study investigated whether task-related change in pre...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2019.00194

    authors: Chatterjee SA,Fox EJ,Daly JJ,Rose DK,Wu SS,Christou EA,Hawkins KA,Otzel DM,Butera KA,Skinner JW,Clark DJ

    更新日期:2019-06-18 00:00:00

  • Spatial attention in written word perception.

    abstract::The role of attention in visual word recognition and reading aloud is a long debated issue. Studies of both developmental and acquired reading disorders provide growing evidence that spatial attention is critically involved in word reading, in particular for the phonological decoding of unfamiliar letter strings. Howe...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00042

    authors: Montani V,Facoetti A,Zorzi M

    更新日期:2014-02-10 00:00:00

  • Applying the neuroscience of creativity to creativity training.

    abstract::This article investigates how neuroscience in general, and neuroscience of creativity in particular, can be used in teaching "applied creativity" and the usefulness of this approach to creativity training. The article is based on empirical data and our experiences from the Applied NeuroCreativity (ANC) program, taught...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00656

    authors: Onarheim B,Friis-Olivarius M

    更新日期:2013-10-16 00:00:00

  • A review of adversity, the amygdala and the hippocampus: a consideration of developmental timing.

    abstract::A review of the human developmental neuroimaging literature that investigates outcomes following exposure to psychosocial adversity is presented with a focus on two subcortical structures - the hippocampus and the amygdala. Throughout this review, we discuss how a consideration of developmental timing of adverse exper...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/neuro.09.068.2009

    authors: Tottenham N,Sheridan MA

    更新日期:2010-01-08 00:00:00

  • The neural basis of monitoring goal progress.

    abstract::The neural basis of progress monitoring has received relatively little attention compared to other sub-processes that are involved in goal directed behavior such as motor control and response inhibition. Studies of error-monitoring have identified the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) as a structure that is sens...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00688

    authors: Benn Y,Webb TL,Chang BP,Sun YH,Wilkinson ID,Farrow TF

    更新日期:2014-09-10 00:00:00

  • Chemosensory Event-Related Potentials in Response to Nasal Propylene Glycol Stimulation.

    abstract::Propylene glycol, also denoted as 1.2 propanediol (C3H8O2), often serves as a solvent for dilution of olfactory stimuli. It is supposed to serve as a neutral substance and has been used in many behavioral and electrophysiological studies to dilute pure olfactory stimuli. However, the effect of propylene glycol on perc...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2019.00099

    authors: Sirous M,Sinning N,Schneider TR,Friese U,Lorenz J,Engel AK

    更新日期:2019-03-20 00:00:00

  • Working memory capacity as a moderator of load-related frontal midline theta variability in Sternberg task.

    abstract::The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between working memory capacity (WMC) and frontal theta response to memory load in Sternberg task. We show that oscillatory activity in the theta band (4-6 Hz) related to Sternberg task performance may differentiate people characterized by high and low WMC. Spe...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00399

    authors: Zakrzewska MZ,Brzezicka A

    更新日期:2014-06-06 00:00:00

  • Methodological lessons in neurophenomenology: Review of a baseline study and recommendations for research approaches.

    abstract::Neurophenomenological (NP) methods integrate objective and subjective data in ways that retain the statistical power of established disciplines (like cognitive science) while embracing the value of first-person reports of experience. The present paper positions neurophenomenology as an approach that pulls from traditi...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00608

    authors: Bockelman P,Reinerman-Jones L,Gallagher S

    更新日期:2013-10-10 00:00:00

  • The influence of the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations on resting-state functional connectivity.

    abstract::Studies of brain functional connectivity have provided a better understanding of organization and integration of large-scale brain networks. Functional connectivity using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is typically based upon the correlations of the low-frequency fluctuation of fMRI signals...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00118

    authors: Di X,Kim EH,Huang CC,Tsai SJ,Lin CP,Biswal BB

    更新日期:2013-04-02 00:00:00

  • Spatial working memory deficits represent a core challenge for rehabilitating neglect.

    abstract::Left neglect following right hemisphere injury is a debilitating disorder that has proven extremely difficult to rehabilitate. Traditional models of neglect have focused on impaired spatial attention as the core deficit and as such, most rehabilitation methods have tried to improve attentional processes. However, many...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00334

    authors: Striemer CL,Ferber S,Danckert J

    更新日期:2013-06-27 00:00:00

  • Paired Associative Electroacupuncture and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Humans.

    abstract::Pairing transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with specific stimulus-intervals induces associative motor plasticity at the primary motor cortex (M1). Electroacupuncture (EA) is an established medical technique in the eastern countries. This study investigates whet...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2019.00049

    authors: Huang Y,Chen JC,Chen CM,Tsai CH,Lu MK

    更新日期:2019-02-12 00:00:00

  • Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Induces High Gamma-Band Activity in the Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex During a Working Memory Task: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Crossover Study.

    abstract::Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) has been shown to have mixed effects on working memory (WM) capacity in healthy individuals. Different stimulation paradigms may account for these discrepancies, with certain features being favored. To determine the effect in the context of anodal tDCS, we investigated wh...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2019.00136

    authors: Ikeda T,Takahashi T,Hiraishi H,Saito DN,Kikuchi M

    更新日期:2019-04-24 00:00:00

  • Corrigendum: Society, Organizations and the Brain: Building toward a Unified Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective.

    abstract::[This corrects the article on p. 289 in vol. 9, PMID: 26042022.]. ...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 已发布勘误

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00411

    authors: Senior C,Lee N,Braeutigam S

    更新日期:2015-07-20 00:00:00

  • Berlyne Revisited: Evidence for the Multifaceted Nature of Hedonic Tone in the Appreciation of Paintings and Music.

    abstract::In his seminal book on esthetics, Berlyne (1971) posited an inverted-U relationship between complexity and hedonic tone in arts appreciation, however, converging evidence for his theory is still missing. The disregard of the multidimensionality of complexity may explain some of the divergent results. Here, we argue th...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2016.00536

    authors: Marin MM,Lampatz A,Wandl M,Leder H

    更新日期:2016-11-04 00:00:00

  • Staying cool when things get hot: emotion regulation modulates neural mechanisms of memory encoding.

    abstract::During times of emotional stress, individuals often engage in emotion regulation to reduce the experiential and physiological impact of negative emotions. Interestingly, emotion regulation strategies also influence memory encoding of the event. Cognitive reappraisal is associated with enhanced memory while expressive ...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2010.00230

    authors: Hayes JP,Morey RA,Petty CM,Seth S,Smoski MJ,McCarthy G,Labar KS

    更新日期:2010-12-22 00:00:00

  • Selective theta-synchronization of choice-relevant information subserves goal-directed behavior.

    abstract::Theta activity reflects a state of rhythmic modulation of excitability at the level of single neuron membranes, within local neuronal groups and between distant nodes of a neuronal network. A wealth of evidence has shown that during theta states distant neuronal groups synchronize, forming networks of spatially confin...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2010.00210

    authors: Womelsdorf T,Vinck M,Leung LS,Everling S

    更新日期:2010-11-02 00:00:00

  • Sensitivity to Auditory Spectral Width in the Fetus and Infant - An fMEG Study.

    abstract::Auditory change detection is crucial for the development of the auditory system and a prerequisite for language development. In neonates, stimuli with broad spectral width like white noise (WN) elicit the highest response compared to pure tone and combined tone stimuli. In the current study we addressed for the first ...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00917

    authors: Muenssinger J,Matuz T,Schleger F,Draganova R,Weiss M,Kiefer-Schmidt I,Wacker-Gussmann A,Govindan RB,Lowery CL,Eswaran H,Preissl H

    更新日期:2013-12-31 00:00:00

  • Loss of agency in apraxia.

    abstract::The feeling of acting voluntarily is a fundamental component of human behavior and social life and is usually accompanied by a sense of agency. However, this ability can be impaired in a number of diseases and disorders. An important example is apraxia, a disturbance traditionally defined as a disorder of voluntary sk...

    journal_title:Frontiers in human neuroscience

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00751

    authors: Pazzaglia M,Galli G

    更新日期:2014-09-23 00:00:00