The Role of Proprioception in Handedness
Despite the emphasis that has been placed on feedback utilization in the determination of handedness, most studies on motor laterality have focused on visually-guided movements. Given the number of activities that rely heavily upon previous proprioceptive experience, the extent to which limb asymmetries exist during proprioceptively-guided movements is certainly of importance. Utilizing an elbow position matching paradigm limb asymetries in the utilization of proprioceptive information are being explored under a variety of task conditions including the mode of target presentation (active vs. passive), the need for generation and/or interhemispheric transfer of target position information and the workspace within which matches are made. Thus far, a clear dominance effect has been seen during tasks that require memory-based matching of a target limb position with the contralateral arm. These results suggest that limb position feedback may be utilized differently by the dominant and non-dominant hemispheres.
- Limb Asymmetries During Passive but Not Active Proprioceptive Matching
2004 Society for Neuroscience: Abstract & Poster
- Enhanced Limb Asymmetries during Active versus Passive Proprioceptive target Matching
2005 Society for the Neural Control of Movement: Abstract & Poster
- Limb Specific Differences in the Ability to Utilize Active Versus Passive Proprioceptive Target Information
2005 Progress in Motor Control: Abstract & Poster
- The Effects of Start Position on the Accuracy of Proprioceptively-guided Movements
2005 Society for Neuroscience: Abstract & Poster
