The role of impulse variability in manual-aiming asymmetries |
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Authors: | Richard G. Carson Digby Elliott David Goodman Linda Thyer Romeo Chua Eric A. Roy |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada;(2) Department of Physical Education, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;(3) Department of Kinesiology, University of Waterloo, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada;(4) Department of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland, 4072 Brisbane, Qld, Australia |
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Abstract: | Summary Two experiments are reported in which we examined the hypothesis that the advantage of the right hand in target aiming arises from differences in impulse variability. Subjects made aiming movements with the left and right hands. The force requirements of the movements were manipulated through the addition of mass to the limb (Experiments 1 and 2) and through control of movement amplitude (Experiment 1). Although the addition of mass diminished performance (i. e., it increased movement times in Experiment 1 and increased error in Experiment 2), the two hands were not differently affected by the manipulation of required force. In spite of the fact that the right hand exhibited enhanced performance (i. e., lower movement times in Experiment 1 and greater accuracy in Experiment 2), these advantages were not reflected in kinematic measures of impulse variability.We are grateful to an anonymous reviewer for clarification of this distinction. |
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