abstract：:Few investigations have examined mental workload during motor practice or learning in a context of team dynamics. This study examines the underlying cognitive-motor processes of motor practice by assessing the changes in motor performance and mental workload during practice of reaching movements. Individuals moved a r...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Shuggi IM,Shewokis PA,Herrmann JW,Gentili RJ

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to compare the ability of dance and non-dance subjects to perform fine control of a simple heel-raising/lowering movement, and to determine if there are any differences in motor unit activity in the primary plantar flexor muscles during the movement. Subjects were instructed to accurately track a sinus...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Saito S,Obata H,Kuno-Mizumura M,Nakazawa K

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of non-progressive developmental movement disorders inducing a strong brain reorganization in primary and secondary motor areas. Nevertheless, few studies have been dedicated to quantify brain pattern changes and correlate them with motor characteristics in CP children. In this context, ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Inuggi A,Bassolino M,Tacchino C,Pippo V,Bergamaschi V,Campus C,De Franchis V,Pozzo T,Moretti P

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of the smoothness of motion on vection strength. The smoothness of stimulus motion was modulated by varying the number of frames comprising the movement. In this study, a horizontal grating translated through 360° of phase in 1 s divided into steps of 3, 4, 6, 12, 20, 30, or 60 frames. We hypoth...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Fujii Y,Seno T,Allison RS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Everyday actions can be characterized by whether they are freely chosen or commanded by external stimuli, and whether they produce pleasant or unpleasant outcomes. To assess how these aspects of actions affect the sense of agency, we asked participants to perform freely selected or instructed key presses which could p...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Barlas Z,Hockley WE,Obhi SS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coordination is often observed as body parts moving together. However, when producing force with multiple fingers, the optimal coordination is not to produce similar forces with each finger, but rather for each finger to correct mistakes of other fingers. In this study, we aim to determine whether and how this skill d...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Shaklai S,Mimouni-Bloch A,Levin M,Friedman J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hand, one of the most versatile but mechanically redundant parts of the human body, suffers more and longer than other body parts after stroke. One of the rehabilitation paradigms, task-oriented rehabilitation, encourages motor repeatability, the ability to produce similar motor performance over repetitions throug...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Kim Y,Koh K,Yoon B,Kim WS,Shin JH,Park HS,Shim JK

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rare-earth elements (REEs) are applied in various fields by virtue of their superior physical and chemical properties. Surveys have reported that REEs can impair learning and memory in children and induce neurobehavioral abnormalities in animals. However, the mechanism underlying this neurotoxicity is still unclear. L...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Jin C,Gao L,Li Y,Wu S,Lu X,Yang J,Cai Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibitory control plays an important role in goal-directed behavior. Although substantial inter-individual variability exists in the behavioral performance of response inhibition, the corresponding modulating neurochemical and neurophysiological mechanisms remain unclear. Thus, the present study aimed to explore the ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Cheng CH,Niddam DM,Hsu SC,Liu CY,Tsai SY

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that proprioceptive sensory input from the hindlimbs to the anterior cerebellar cortex of the cat may not be simply organized with respect to a body map, but it may also be distributed to multiple discrete functional areas extending beyond classical body map boundaries. With passive hindlimb stepp...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Valle MS,Bosco G,Poppele RE

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supernumerary phantom limb (SPL) designates the experience of an illusory additional limb occurring after brain damage. Functional neuroimaging during SPL movements documented increased response in the ipsilesional supplementary motor area (SMA), premotor cortex (PMC), thalamus and caudate. This suggested that motor c...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Bourlon C,Urbanski M,Quentin R,Duret C,Bardinet E,Bartolomeo P,Bourgeois A

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowing when the head moves is crucial information for the central nervous system to maintain a veridical representation of the self in the world for perception and action. Previous studies have shown that active head movement onset has to precede a sound by approximately 80 ms to be perceived as simultaneous, suggest...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Chung W,Barnett-Cowan M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The overlap of dominant tremor frequencies and similarly amplified tremor observed for Parkinson's disease (PD) and essential tremor (ET) means differentiating between these pathologies is often difficult. As tremor exhibits non-linear properties, employing both linear and non-linear analyses may help distinguish betw...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Morrison S,Newell KM,Kavanagh JJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine effects of different types of task constraints on coupling of perception and action in people with chronic stroke when crossing obstacles during a walking task. Ten participants with hemiplegic chronic stroke volunteered to walk over a static obstacle under two distinct task constr...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Shafizadeh M,Wheat J,Davids K,Ansari NN,Ali A,Garmabi S

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we examined the effects of explicit knowledge, obtained through instruction or spontaneous detection, on the transfer of visuomotor sequence learning. In the learning session, participants learned a visuomotor sequence, via trial and error. In the transfer session, the order of the sequence was r...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Tanaka K,Watanabe K

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fear of falling can be manipulated by introducing a postural threat (e.g., an elevated support surface) during stance and gait. Under these conditions, balance parameters are altered in both young and elderly individuals. This study aimed to dissociate the physical and psychological aspects of the threat and show ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Dubreucq L,Mereu A,Blanc G,Filiatrault J,Duclos C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During goal-directed arm movements, the eyes, head, and arm are coordinated to look at and reach the target. We examined whether the expectancy of visual information about the target modifies Anticipatory Postural Adjustments (APAs). Ten standing subjects had to (1) move the eyes, head and arm, so as to reach, with bo...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Esposti R,Bruttini C,Bolzoni F,Cavallari P

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep disturbances impair cognitive functioning in typically developing populations. Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a disorder characterized by impaired inhibitory control and attention, commonly experience sleep disturbances. Whether inhibitory impairments are related to sleep deficits...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Cremone A,Lugo-Candelas CI,Harvey EA,McDermott JM,Spencer RM

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When someone grasps an object, the grasp depends on the intended object manipulation and usually facilitates it. If several object manipulation steps are planned, the first step has been reported to primarily determine the grasp selection. We address whether the grasp can be aligned to the second step, if the second s...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Mathew H,Kunde W,Herbort O

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the peak and decline model divergent thinking declines at a specific age (in or after middle age). However, if divergent thinking declines steadily in aging still has to be clarified. In order to explore the age-related changes in verbal and visual divergent thinking, in the present study a sample of 159 ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Palmiero M,Nori R,Piccardi L

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between pain and the motor system is well-known, with past studies showing that pain can alter corticomotor excitability and have deleterious effects on motor learning. The aim of this study was to better understand the cortical mechanisms underlying the interaction between pain and the motor system. E...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Martel M,Harvey MP,Houde F,Balg F,Goffaux P,Léonard G

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discrimination learning can cause improved and worsened ability to perceive differences. This subsequently affects how stimuli are associated with meanings and behaviors. Here, human listeners were trained with frequency-modulated (FM) tonal sweeps (500-1000 Hz) in a paradigm where one FM rate (8.29 octaves per second...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Wisniewski MG

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been first described 30 years ago, and since then has gained enormous attention by neurologists, psychiatrists, neurosurgeons, clinical neurophysiologists, psychologists, and neuroscientist alike. In the early days, it was primarily used to test integrity of the corticospina...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Ziemann U

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Affordance theory and behavioural dynamics have been used as theoretical constructs to explain how individuals interact with the environment in order to avoid obstacles. Features of obstacle distance and multiple obstacle avoidance have been discussed in unique studies, yet the interactions of these environmental feat...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Baker CS,Cinelli ME

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of arm weight support (WS) to optimize movement quality may be an avenue for improved upper limb stroke rehabilitation; however, the underlying neurophysiological effects of WS are not well understood. Rehabilitation exercises may be performed when sitting or standing, but the interaction of posture with WS ha...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Runnalls KD,Anson G,Byblow WD

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic exercise can enhance neuroplasticity although presently the neural mechanisms underpinning these benefits remain unclear. One possible mechanism is through effects on primary motor cortex (M1) function via down-regulation of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). The aim of the present...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Mooney RA,Coxon JP,Cirillo J,Glenny H,Gant N,Byblow WD

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although postural control requires the integration of different sensory cues, little is known about the role of attentional artifacts on the individual's ability to properly respond to postural challenges. This study investigated the effects of concomitant tasks (cognitive and postural) on the relationship between vis...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Genoves GG,Barela AM,Sanches C,Barela JA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite holding significant promise for counteracting the deleterious effects of ageing on cognitive and motor function, little is known of the effects of facilitatory non-invasive brain stimulation (NBS) techniques on corticospinal excitability (CSE) in older adults. Thirty-three older adults (≥60 years) participated...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Puri R,Hinder MR,Canty AJ,Summers JJ

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhythmic auditory cues aim to modulate step times while walking. Their effect on the variability of minimum foot clearance, which is "normally" the most controlled gait parameter in normal overground walking, has not been studied, yet. We aim to analyse the effects of auditory cues on the variability of foot clearance...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Hamacher D,Hamacher D,Herold F,Schega L

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When dividing attention between the left and right sides of physical space, most individuals pay slightly more attention to the left side. This phenomenon, known as pseudoneglect, may also occur for the left and right sides of mental representations of stimuli. Representational pseudoneglect has been shown for the rec...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Aniulis E,Churches O,Thomas NA,Nicholls ME

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported previously that intracranial application of near-infrared light (NIr) reduces clinical signs and offers neuroprotection in a subacute MPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) monkey model of Parkinson's disease. In this study, we explored whether NIr reduces the gliosis in this animal model...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： El Massri N,Moro C,Torres N,Darlot F,Agay D,Chabrol C,Johnstone DM,Stone J,Benabid AL,Mitrofanis J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Empathy, i.e., the ability to perceive and share another person's affective state, is associated with activity in a complex neural network, including the anterior insula, the anterior and mid-cingulate cortex, and the lateral prefrontal cortex. Here, we were interested in the question how facial emotions influence the...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Enzi B,Amirie S,Brüne M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated motor control perspectives of coordinating maintenance of posture and application of grip force when holding an object and being perturbed. Ten subjects stood on the force platform holding an instrumented object in their dominant hand and were exposed to an external perturbation applied to their should...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Chen B,Lee YJ,Aruin AS

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While mechanisms of orienting attention in unilateral spatial neglect (USN) have frequently been studied in the visual domain, these mechanisms remain relatively unexplored in the auditory domain. Our first goal was to replicate Spence and Driver's (J Exp Psychol Hum 22:1005-1030, 1994) results with a virtual reality ...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Guilbert A,Clément S,Martin Y,Feuillet A,Moroni C

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental practice (MP) is a promising adjuvant to physical practice that involves many of the same mechanisms and takes on many of the same properties as physical practice. This study compared efficacy of a "massed" MP regimen versus a "distributed" MP regimen on upper extremity (UE) motor impairment and functional limi...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Page SJ,Hade EM,Pang J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has indicated that rightward prism adaptation can reduce symptoms of spatial neglect following right brain damage. In addition, leftward prism adaptation can create "neglect-like" patterns of performance in healthy adults on tasks that measure attention and spatial biases. Although a great deal of re...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Striemer CL,Russell K,Nath P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insula is a region that integrates interoception and drug urges, but little is known about its role in behavioral addiction such as internet addiction. We investigated insula-based functional connectivity in participants with internet gaming disorder (IGD) and healthy controls (HC) using resting-state functional M...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Zhang Y,Mei W,Zhang JX,Wu Q,Zhang W

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The memory for the final position of a moving object which suddenly disappears has been found to be displaced forward, in the direction of motion, and downwards, in the direction of gravity. These phenomena were coined, respectively, Representational Momentum and Representational Gravity. Although both these and simil...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： De Sá Teixeira NA

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate self-prioritization independently of stimulus familiarity, Sui et al. (J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform 38:1105-1117, 2012. doi: 10.1037/a0029792 ) introduced a new paradigm in which different geometric shapes are arbitrarily associated with self-relevant (e.g., "I") and neutral labels (e.g., "stranger...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Schäfer S,Wesslein AK,Spence C,Wentura D,Frings C

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successfully picking up and handling objects requires taking into account their physical properties (e.g., material) and position relative to the body. Such features are often inferred by sight, but it remains unclear to what extent observers vary their actions depending on the perceived properties. To investigate thi...

journal_title：Experimental brain research

authors： Paulun VC,Gegenfurtner KR,Goodale MA,Fleming RW

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00