Common Motor Drive Triggers Response of Prime Movers When Two Fingers Simultaneously Respond to a Cue
This study investigated whether the motor execution process of one finger movement in response to a start cue is influenced by the participation of another finger movement and whether the process of the finger movement is dependent on the movement direction. The participants performed a simple react...
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| description | This study investigated whether the motor execution process of one finger movement in response to a start cue is influenced by the participation of another finger movement and whether the process of the finger movement is dependent on the movement direction. The participants performed a simple reaction time (RT) task, the abduction or flexion of one (index or little finger) or two fingers (index and little fingers). The RT of the prime mover for the finger abduction was significantly longer than that for the flexion, indicating that the time taken for the motor execution of the finger response is dependent on the movement direction. The RT of the prime mover was prolonged when the abduction of another finger, whose RT was longer than the flexion, was added. This caused closer RTs between the prime movers for a two-finger response compared with the RTs for a one finger response. The absolute difference in the RT between the index and little finger responses became smaller when two fingers responded together compared with one finger response. Those results are well explained by a view that the common motor drive triggers the prime movers when two fingers move together in response to a start cue. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bf74c186249e405d887e91ea3341ae1a2023-11-21T21:26:30ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252021-05-0111670010.3390/brainsci11060700Common Motor Drive Triggers Response of Prime Movers When Two Fingers Simultaneously Respond to a CueYasutomo Jono0Yasuyuki Iwata1Atsushi Kinoshita2Koichi Hiraoka3Graduate School of Comprehensive Rehabilitation, Osaka Prefecture University, Habikino 583-8555, JapanGraduate School of Comprehensive Rehabilitation, Osaka Prefecture University, Habikino 583-8555, JapanGraduate School of Comprehensive Rehabilitation, Osaka Prefecture University, Habikino 583-8555, JapanSchool of Comprehensive Rehabilitation, College of Health and Human Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Habikino 583-8555, JapanThis study investigated whether the motor execution process of one finger movement in response to a start cue is influenced by the participation of another finger movement and whether the process of the finger movement is dependent on the movement direction. The participants performed a simple reaction time (RT) task, the abduction or flexion of one (index or little finger) or two fingers (index and little fingers). The RT of the prime mover for the finger abduction was significantly longer than that for the flexion, indicating that the time taken for the motor execution of the finger response is dependent on the movement direction. The RT of the prime mover was prolonged when the abduction of another finger, whose RT was longer than the flexion, was added. This caused closer RTs between the prime movers for a two-finger response compared with the RTs for a one finger response. The absolute difference in the RT between the index and little finger responses became smaller when two fingers responded together compared with one finger response. Those results are well explained by a view that the common motor drive triggers the prime movers when two fingers move together in response to a start cue.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/6/700reaction timemotor execution processprime movermovement directioncommon motor drive |
| spellingShingle | Yasutomo Jono Yasuyuki Iwata Atsushi Kinoshita Koichi Hiraoka Common Motor Drive Triggers Response of Prime Movers When Two Fingers Simultaneously Respond to a Cue Brain Sciences reaction time motor execution process prime mover movement direction common motor drive |
| title | Common Motor Drive Triggers Response of Prime Movers When Two Fingers Simultaneously Respond to a Cue |
| title_full | Common Motor Drive Triggers Response of Prime Movers When Two Fingers Simultaneously Respond to a Cue |
| title_fullStr | Common Motor Drive Triggers Response of Prime Movers When Two Fingers Simultaneously Respond to a Cue |
| title_full_unstemmed | Common Motor Drive Triggers Response of Prime Movers When Two Fingers Simultaneously Respond to a Cue |
| title_short | Common Motor Drive Triggers Response of Prime Movers When Two Fingers Simultaneously Respond to a Cue |
| title_sort | common motor drive triggers response of prime movers when two fingers simultaneously respond to a cue |
| topic | reaction time motor execution process prime mover movement direction common motor drive |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/6/700 |
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