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The mechanisms responsible for the flash-lag effect cannot provide the motor prediction that we need in daily life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2008

Jeroen B. J. Smeets  and
Eli Brenner
Jeroen B. J. Smeets
Affiliation:
Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.smeets@fbw.vu.nle.brenner@fbw.vu.nlhttp://www.fbw.vu.nl/~JSmeets/
Eli Brenner
Affiliation:
Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.smeets@fbw.vu.nle.brenner@fbw.vu.nlhttp://www.fbw.vu.nl/~JSmeets/
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Abstract

The visual prediction that Nijhawan proposes cannot explain why the flash-lag effect depends on what happens after the flash. Moreover, using a visual prediction based on retinal image motion to compensate for neuronal time delays will seldom be of any use for motor control, because one normally pursues objects with which one intends to interact with ones eyes.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 215 - 216
Copyright
Copyright ©Cambridge University Press 2008

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