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Reflections on… Phase Shifting Under Different Visual Conditions
European Conference of Visual Perception (ECVP) Meeting (2006)
  • Gavin Buckingham, University of Aberdeen
  • David P. Carey, University of Aberdeen
  • Arash Sahraie, University of Aberdeen
Abstract

When two limbs are moved out of time (i.e. opposing muscle activation at each limb) in rhythmic oscillatory movements, there is a tendency at high frequencies for the movements to synchronise in the temporal domain, resulting in bilateral homologous muscle activation known as a ‘phase shift’ (Kelso, 1984). In an effort to determine the degree with which perception influences this phase shifting behaviour (Mechsner et al., 2001), a mirror can be placed between the hands of participants, parallel to their mid-saggital plane such that the reflected hand appeared in the place of the occluded hand. This paradigm can be used to create a conflict between vision (of moving with mirror symmetry) and action (attempting to move with mirror asymmetry), with the goal of manipulating the frequency at which a phase shift occurs. Additionally, as there may be differences in the degree of attentional and intentional control (Bestelmeyer & Carey, 2004) shown between the dominant and non-dominant hand, the orientation of the mirror (i.e. which hand was reflected) was also examined.

Keywords
  • Phase Shifting,
  • Visual Conditions
Publication Date
2006
Citation Information
Gavin Buckingham, David P. Carey and Arash Sahraie. "Reflections on… Phase Shifting Under Different Visual Conditions" European Conference of Visual Perception (ECVP) Meeting (2006)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gavinbuckingham/22/