Eye-hand coordination during reaches around an object
| dc.contributor.author | Graham, Timothy J. | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Kelly, Debbie (Psychology) Szturm, Tony (Medical Rehabilitation) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Marotta, Jonathan (Psychology) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-28T16:19:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-08-28T16:19:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-08-28 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Psychology | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Studies into reaching have typically looked at the reaching arm or the eyes alone, ranging from single actions performed in controlled lab settings to a series of actions completed in natural environments. The current experiment looked at measures of the hand, arm and eyes as a right-handed subject performed a single reach and grasp action among real objects with their right hand. Specifically, this experiment was designed to investigate the impact of a potential non-target object (NTO) in the reach space on eye-hand coordination. Results showed that NTOs contralateral to the reaching arm produced almost no effects, whereas those ipsilateral became more “invasive” as they were located nearer a subject. Ipsilateral NTOs also produced a shift away from their location in fixation and grasp location on a target. These results suggest the brain used an “attention-for-action” system that highlighted locations as they became more relevant to the task. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2013 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/22122 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Reaching | en_US |
| dc.subject | Coordination | en_US |
| dc.title | Eye-hand coordination during reaches around an object | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |