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Visuomotor delay in interceptive actions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2008

Nicolas Benguigui
Affiliation:
Laboratory Motor Control and Perception (EA 4042), University Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France; nicolas.benguigui@u-psud.frhttp://www.cress.u-psud.fr/monde/benguigui.htmRobin.baures@u-psud.frhttp://www.cress.u-psud.fr/monde/baures.htm
Robin Baurès
Affiliation:
Laboratory Motor Control and Perception (EA 4042), University Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France; nicolas.benguigui@u-psud.frhttp://www.cress.u-psud.fr/monde/benguigui.htmRobin.baures@u-psud.frhttp://www.cress.u-psud.fr/monde/baures.htm
Cyrille Le Runigo
Affiliation:
Laboratory Efficience et Deficience Motrices, University Montpellier1, 34090 Montpellier, France. cyrille_lerunigo@yahoo.frhttp://www.edm.univ-montp1.fr/affich_cv.php?id=95

Abstract

Neural delays, which are generally defined as visuomotor delays in interceptive actions, must be compensated to enable accurate timing in movement. Visuomotor delays can depend on the kind of task, the use of information, and the skill of the performer. The compensation for such delays does not necessarily require prediction or representation but can be made by an attunement of some parameters in what is called a law of control.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright ©Cambridge University Press 2008

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