In a recent amendment to the two-visual-system model, it has been proposed that actions must result in tactile contact with the goal object for the dorsal system to become engaged (Whitwell et al., Neuropsychologia 55:41-50, 2014). The present study tested this addition by assessing the use of allocentric information in normal and pantomime actions. To this end, magicians, and participants who were inexperienced in performing pantomime actions made normal and pantomime grasps toward objects embedded in the Müller-Lyer illusion. During pantomime grasping, a grasp was made next to an object that was in full view (i.e., a displaced pantomime grasping task). The results showed that pantomime grasps took longer, were slower, and had smaller hand apertures than normal grasping. Most importantly, hand apertures were affected by the illusion during pantomime grasping but not in normal grasping, indicating that displaced pantomime grasping is based on allocentric information. This was true for participants without experience in performing pantomime grasps as well as for magicians with experience in pantomiming. The finding that the illusory bias is limited to pantomime grasping and persists with experience supports the conjecture that the normal engagement of the dorsal system's contribution requires tactile contact with a goal object. If no tactile contact is made, then movement control shifts toward the ventral system.


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    Title :

    Nothing magical: Pantomimed grasping is controlled by the ventral system.


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    Publication date :

    2017-06-01


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    Rinsma , T , van der Kamp , J , Dicks , M S & Canal Bruland , R 2017 , ' Nothing magical: Pantomimed grasping is controlled by the ventral system. ' , Experimental Brain Research , vol. 235 , no. 6 , pp. 1823-1833 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-016-4868-1



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    Article (Journal)


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    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    DDC:    629



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