Unusual prism adaptation reveals how grasping is controlled.
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SUBMITTER: Schot WD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5619946 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
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Unusual prism adaptation reveals how grasping is controlled.
Schot Willemijn D WD Brenner Eli E Smeets Jeroen Bj JB
eLife 20170911
There are three main theories on how human grasping movements are controlled. Two of them state that grip aperture and the movement of the hand are controlled. They differ in whether the wrist or the thumb of the hand is controlled. We have proposed a third theory, which states that grasping is a combination of two goal-directed single-digit movements, each directed at a specific position on the object. In this study, we test predictions based on each of the theories by examining the transfer of ...[more]
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