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When reaching for an object we usually look at it before we touch it with the hand. This often unconscious eye movement prior to the arm movement allows guiding of the final part of the hand trajectory by visual feedback. We examined the temporal and spatial coordination of this control system by psychophysical measurements of eye and arm movements of naive human subjects looking or looking and pointing as fast as possible to visual targets in physical and virtual-reality setups. The reaction times of saccades to a step-displaced target were reduced, and the number of corrective saccades decreased, when the subject had to produce a corresponding simultaneous hand movement to the same target. The saccadic reaction time was increased when saccade and hand movement went in opposite directions. In a double-step task the reaction time for the second saccade was longer than for the first. Co-use of the hand leads to an additional increase of saccadic reaction time. Taken together this study shows an improvement in initial saccades if they are accompanied by hand movements to the same target. This effect might ensure that the reach target is foveated early and accurately enough to support

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Author

L. Lünenburger; D. F. Kutz; K. -P. Hoffmann

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0953-816X)

Published

2000

Language

EN

Field

Neuroscience (Life Sciences)