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Liu, Ting Ting. "Spinal interneurons in sensorimotor integration." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2009. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1299/.
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Even though spinal cord research has expanded enormously during the past decades, we still lack a precise understanding of how spinal interneuron networks perfectly integrate sensory feedback with motor control, and how these neuron circuits give rise to specific functions. The present study thus has three basic aims: (1) to investigate propriospinal interneurons connecting rostral and caudal lumbar spinal cord in the rat; (2) to investigate input properties of identified spinal interneurons interposed in different pathways; (3) to investigate cholinergic terminals in the ventral horn of adult rat and cat. To realize the first aim, the B-subunit of cholera toxin (CTb) was injected into the motor nuclei at the L1 or L3 segmental level to retrogradely label propriospinal interneurons in the L5 segment of rat spinal cord. These cells had a clear distribution pattern which showed that they were located mainly in ipsilateral dorsal horn and contralateral lamina VIII. A series triple-labelling experiments revealed that about 1/4 of the CTb-positive cells were immunoreactive for calbindin and/or calretinin. It was also found that a small population of CTb labelled cells were cholinergic and were observed mainly in three locations: lamina X, the medial part of intermediate zone and lamina VIII. In addition, injection of CTb also anterogradely labelled axon terminals, which arose from the commissural interneurons (CINs) within the site of injection, crossed the midline and aroborized in the contralateral lateral motor nuclei of the L5 segment. The neurotransmitter systems in labelled axon terminals of CINs were investigated by using antibodies raised against specific transmitter-related proteins. The results showed that approximately 3/4 terminals were excitatory and among those excitatory terminals about 3/4 forming contacts with motoneurons. To achieve the second aim, 21 interneurons located in the intermediate zone and lamina VIII from 7 adult cats were characterised electrophysiologically and labelled intracellularly with Neurobiotin. Seventeen of these cells were activated monosynaptically from primary muscle afferents but the remaining four cells received monosynaptic inputs from the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF). Quantitative analysis revealed that cells in the first group received many contacts from excitatory terminals that were immunoreactive for the vesicular glutamate transporter 1 (VGLUT1) but those cells from the second group received few contacts of this type and were predominantly contacted by terminals immunoreactive for vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (VGLUT2). This result was as predicted because VGLUT1 is found principally in the terminals of myelinated primary afferent axons whereas VGLUT2 is located in the terminals of interneurons in the spinal cord. Interneurons in the first group were then characterised as excitatory and inhibitory on the basis of the transmitter content contained within their axon terminals. Although there was a greater density of VGLUT1 contacts on excitatory rather than inhibitory cells, the difference was not statistically significant. GABAergic terminals formed close appositions with VGLUT1 contacts on both excitatory and inhibitory cells. These appositions were likely to be axoaxonic synapses which mediate presynaptic inhibition. In addition, the densities of VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 contacts on 30 dorsal horn CINs and 60 lamina VIII CINs that were retrogradely labelled with CTb from 3 adult rats were compared. The results showed that VGLUT2 terminals formed the majority of excitatory inputs to both dorsal horn and lamina VIII CINs but dorsal horn CINs received a significantly greater density of VGLUT1/2 inputs than lamina VIII CINs. In order to achieve the third aim, i.e. whether glutamate is a cotransmitter at motoneuron axon collateral terminals in the ventral horn, a series of anatomical experiments were performed on axon collaterals obtained from motoneurons from an adult cat and retrogradely labelled by CTb in adult rats. There was no evidence to support the presence of vesicular glutamate transporters in motoneuron axon terminals of either species. In addition, there was no obvious relationship between motoneuron terminals and R2 subunit of the AMPA receptor (GluR2). However, a population of cholinergic terminals in lamina VII, which did not originate from motoneurons, was found to be immunoreactive for VGLUT2 and formed appositions with GluR2 subunits. These terminals were smaller than motoneuron terminals and, unlike them, formed no relationship with Renshaw cells. The evidence suggests that glutamate does not act as a cotransmitter with acetylcholine at central synapses of motoneurons in the adult cat and rat. However, glutamate is present in a population of cholinergic terminals which probably originate from interneurons where its action is via an AMPA receptor. In conclusion, the present studies add to the understanding of the organization of neuronal networks involved in sensorimotor integration. Propriospinal interneurons located within the lumbar segments have extensive intra-segmental projections to motor nuclei. First order interneurons interposed in reflex pathways and descending pathways receive a significantly different pattern of inputs. A similar proportion of monosynaptic excitatory input from primary afferents has been found in both excitatory and inhibitory interneurons and these two types of cells are subject to presynaptic inhibitory control of this input.
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Biswas, Amitava. "Perioral sensorimotor integration in Parkinson's disease." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3183913.
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Ghahramani, Zoubin. "Computation and psychophysics of sensorimotor integration." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11123.
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Ingram, Helen Anne. "Sensorimotor integration and control in human movement." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302009.
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Knafo, Steven. "Sensorimotor integration in the moving spinal cord." Thesis, Paris 6, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA066559/document.
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Certaines observations suggèrent que les afférences méchano-sensorielles peuvent moduler l’activité des générateurs centraux du rythme locomoteur (ou Central Pattern Generators, CPGs). Cependant, il est impossible d’explorer les circuits neuronaux sous-jacents chez l’animal en mouvement à l’aide d’enregistrements électrophysiologiques lors d’expériences de locomotion dite « fictive ». Dans cette étude, nous avons enregistré de façon sélective et non-invasive les neurones moteurs et sensoriels dans la moelle épinière pendant la locomotion active en ciblant génétiquement le senseur bioluminescent GFP-Aequorin chez la larve de poisson zèbre. En utilisant l’imagerie calcique à l’échelle des neurones individuels, nous confirmons que les signaux de bioluminescence reflètent bien le recrutement différentiel des groupes de motoneurones spinaux durant la locomotion active. La diminution importante de ces signaux chez des animaux paralysés ou des mutants immobiles démontre que le retour méchano-sensoriel augmente le recrutement des motoneurones spinaux pendant la locomotion active. En accord avec cette observation, nous montrons que les neurones méchano-sensoriels spinaux sont en effet recrutés chez les animaux en mouvement, et que leur inhibition affecte les réflexes d’échappement chez des larves nageant librement. L’ensemble de ces résultats met en lumière la contribution du retour méchano-sensoriel sur la production locomotrice et les différences qui en résultent entre les locomotions active et fictiveThere is converging evidence that mechanosensory feedback modulates the activity of spinal central pattern generators underlying vertebrate locomotion. However, probing the underlying circuits in behaving animals is not possible in “fictive” locomotion electrophysiological recordings. Here, we achieve selective and non-invasive monitoring of spinal motor and sensory neurons during active locomotion by genetically targeting the bioluminescent sensor GFP-Aequorin in larval zebrafish. Using GCaMP imaging of individual neurons, we confirm that bioluminescence signals reflect the differential recruitment of motor pools during motion. Their significant reduction in paralyzed animals and immotile mutants demonstrates that mechanosensory feedback enhances the recruitment of spinal motor neurons during active locomotion. Accordingly, we show that spinal mechanosensory neurons are recruited in moving animals and that their silencing impairs escapes in freely behaving larvae. Altogether, these results shed light on the contribution of mechanosensory feedback to motor output and the resulting differences between active and fictive locomotion
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Chong, Man-Tze Mabel. "Development of sensorimotor integration and modulation in zebrafish." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=18784.
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Neural control of behaviour during development is a complicated orchestration of gene expression, neuronal differentiation, axonal projection, modification of intrinsic membrane properties and connectivity of neural circuits. The studies in this thesis combined genetic, molecular, and physiological assays to investigate neuromodulation, reticulospinal contribution, and neurogenic programming of the limited behavioural repertoire of developing zebrafish. Maturation of early swimming, the change from infrequent episodes of swim bursts to a sustained “beat-and-glide” pattern, was mediated by serotonergic modulation of the spinal network. Serotonergic immunoreactivity was first detected in neurons located in the ventral spinal cord at 2 days post-fertilization (dpf). A second population of serotonergic neurons was detected in the hindbrain but these remained isolated from the spinal cord in the stages studied (2-4 dpf). Serotonergic modulation of the fictive swim pattern only occurred in 4 dpf larvae, the time when “beat-and-glide” swimming emerges, but not in younger larvae. Application of serotonin did not affect properties of activity (beat-and-glide) periods, but instead reduced the periods of inactivity between activity periods. Hindbrain reticulospinal (RS) neurons displayed four types of activity patterns during simultaneous spinal motoneuron recordings of fictive swimming activity in zebrafish larvae. RS neurons generated these activity patterns even in the absence of ascending spinal input during development. The spinal CPG network, however, failed to produce rhythmic oscillations in the presence of N-methly-d-aspartate when it developed without descending RS input, indicating that the latter are necessary for development of CPG activity. In addition to swimming, zebrafish larvae also produce startle responses in reaction to potential danger, a behaviour that is missing in hi472 mutant larvae. hi472 mutation disruptLe contrôle neuronal du comportement durant le développement dépend de l'intégration complexe de l'expression génétique, de la différentiation neuronale, de la projection axonale, de la modification des propriétés membranaires intrinsèques et de la connectivité des circuits neuronaux. Les études décrites dans cette thèse regroupent des approches génétiques, moléculaires et physiologiques afin d'examiner la neuromodulation, la contribution du système réticulospinal et la programmation neurogène afin d'étudier le répertoire limité des comportements du poisson zébré en voie de développement. Vers la quatrième journée du développement les larves changent leur comportement de natation, ils passent d'épisodes rares et de courte durée de natation en un patron maintenu de type nage-et-glisse, ou le poisson exécute quelques fortes contractions de la queue suive d'une période de glisse. Nous avons démontré cette maturation de la natation précoce, est due à la modulation sérotoninergique du réseau spinal. L'immunoréactivité sérotoninergique est détectée initialement chez une population de neurones situés dans la moelle épinière ventrale à 2 jours post-fertilisation (jpf). Une deuxième population de neurones sérotoninergiques a été détectée dans le tronc cérébral mais celle-ci ne projette pas d'axones vers la moelle épinière aux stades étudiés (2-4 jpf). La modulation sérotoninergique du patron de natation fictive se manifeste seulement chez des alevins de 4 jpf, au moment ou la natation nage-et-glisse se déploie, mais pas chez des alevins plus jeunes. Nous avons aussi démontré que l'application de sérotonine n'a aucun effet sur les propriétés des épisodes de nage active mais par contre, résulte en une réduction de la durée périodes d'inactivité entre les épisodes de nage-et glisse. Les neurones réticulospinaux (RS) du tronc cérébral manifestent quatre types de patron d'acti
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Mooshagian, Eric Frederick. "Behavioral and physiological examination of spatial attention in visuomotor integration." Diss., Restricted to subscribing institutions, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1619409101&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=1564&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Peterson, Lauri Jo. "Resource guide for guidance counselors and teachers of students with sensory integration disorder and behavior attention problems." Online version, 2003. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003petersonl.pdf.
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Howell, Steve R. Becker Suzanna. "Sensorimotor representations of meaning in early language acquisition /." *McMaster only, 2004.
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H, Gardner Sara. "The effects and benefits of sensory integration therapy on a student with autism." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009gardners.pdf.
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Säfström, Daniel. "Sensorimotor transformations during grasping movements." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Integrativ medicinsk biologi, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-781.
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‘Sensorimotor transformations’ are processes whereby sensory information is used to generate motor commands. One example is the ‘visuomotor map’ that transforms visual information about objects to motor commands that activates various muscles during grasping movements. In the first study we quantified the relative impact (or ‘weighting’) of visual and haptic information on the sensorimotor transformation and investigated the principles that regulates the weighting process. To do this, we let subjects perform a task in which the object seen (visual object) and the object grasped (haptic object) were physically never the same. When the haptic object became larger or smaller than the visual object, subjects in the following trials automatically adapted their maximum grip aperture (MGA) when reaching for the object. The adaptation process was quicker and relied more on haptic information when the haptic objects increased in size than when they decreased in size. As such, sensory weighting is molded to avoid prehension error. In the second study we investigated the degree to which the visuomotor map could be modified. Normally, the relationship between the visual size of the object (VO) and the MGA can be expressed as a linear relationship, where MGA = a + b * VO. Our results demonstrate that subjects inter- and extrapolate in the visuomotor map (that is, they are reluctant to abandon the linear relationship) and that the offset (a) but not the slope (b) can be modified. In the third study, we investigated how a ‘new’ sensorimotor transformation can be established and modified. We therefore replaced the normal input of visual information about object size with auditory information, where the size of the object was log-linearly related to the frequency of a tone. Learning of an audiomotor map consisted of three distinct phases: during the first stage (~10-15 trials) there were no overt signs of learning. During the second stage there was a period of fast learning where the MGA became scaled to the size of the object until the third stage where the slope was constant. The purpose of the fourth study was to investigate the sensory basis for the aperture adaptation process. To do that, the forces acting between the fingertips and the object was measured as the subjects adapted. Our results indicate that information about when the fingers contacts the object, that is, the ‘timing’ of contact, is likely to be used by the CNS to encode an unexpected object size. Since injuries and disease can affect the sensorimotor transformations that controls the hand, knowledge about how these processes are established and modified may be used to develop techniques for sensory substitution and other rehabilitation strategies.
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Mehta, Samar Bharat. "Sensorimotor integration and spatial perception in the rat vibrissa system." Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3211936.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2006.Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 21, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-113).
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Newport, Roger. "Sensorimotor integration in the control of goal directed hand action." Thesis, Bangor University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247297.
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Perazzolo, Monica <1989>. "Sensorimotor integration processing in Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2018. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/8482/1/perazzolo_monica_tesi.pdf.
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This study evaluated the direct link between visual perception and related motor output responses during an optic flow stimulation which induced a perception of forward movement, and during a driving task using a simulator. The experiments focussed on the evaluation of two different complications of diabetes, diabetic retinopathy and diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), in order to evaluate the different contributions of both central and peripheral nervous factors in affecting the sensorimotor integration process in diabetes.
Study I. The aim was to assess how optic flow processing contributes to the control of posture and whether it requires the predominant activation of cortical networks involved in motion perception or the intervention of subcortical loops.
People with retinopathy and people who had undergone laser treatment showed a higher postural instability compared to control subjects. Differing retinal functionality produced different postural strategies. Based on these findings, postural control seems to be a process dependent on perceptual analysis via feed-forward cortical circuits.
Study II. The aim was to assess whether diabetes was associated with alterations of visual gaze behaviour and/or neuromuscular impairment that might adversely affect driving performance.
The potential for impaired driving performance with diabetes seems to be represented by diminished eye-steering coordination. While proprioception function seems to indicate the potential for improvement, a slower production of strength in the plantar flexor muscles seems not to influence accelerator pedal control during a driving simulation task in people with diabetes (with and without diabetic peripheral neuropathy).
These results confirm the role of visual perception and eye movements in guiding human movements during dailylife activities. In particular, we demonstrated the detrimental effects of diabetes and the different contribution of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic peripheral neuropathy in affecting both central and peripheral components of the sensorimotor integration process.
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Silverman, David. "The sensorimotor theory of perceptual experience." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/5544.
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The sensorimotor theory is an influential, non-mainstream account of perception and perceptual consciousness intended to improve in various ways on orthodox theories. It is often taken to be a variety of enactivism, and in common with enactivist cognitive science more generally, it de-emphasises the theoretical role played by internal representation and other purely neural processes, giving theoretical pride of place instead to interactive engagements between the brain, non-neural body and outside environment. In addition to offering a distinctive account of the processing that underlies perceptual consciousness, the sensorimotor theory aims to offer a new and improved account the logical and phenomenological character of perceptual experience, and the relation between physical and phenomenal states. Since its inception in a 2001 paper by O'Regan and Noë, the theory has prompted a good deal of increasingly prominent theoretical and practical work in cognitive science, as well as a large body of secondary literature in philosophy of cognitive science and philosophy of perception. In spite of its influential character, many of the theory's most basic tenets are incompletely or ambiguously defined, and it has attracted a number of prominent objections. This thesis aims to clarify the conceptual foundations of the sensorimotor theory, including the key theoretical concepts of sensorimotor contingency, sensorimotor mastery, and presence-as-access, and defends a particular understanding of the respective theoretical roles of internal representation and behavioural capacities. In so doing, the thesis aims to highlight the sensorimotor theory's virtues and defend it from some leading criticisms, with particular attention to a response by Clark which claims that perception and perceptual experience plausibly depend on the activation of representations which are not intimately involved in bodily engagements between the agent and environment. A final part of the thesis offers a sensorimotor account of the experience of temporally extended events, and shows how with reference to this we can better understand object experience.
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Poladia, Chintan. "Systems identification of sensorimotor control for visually guided wrist movements." [Milwaukee, Wis.] : e-Publications@Marquette, 2009. http://epublications.marquette.edu/theses_open/16.
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Poje, Albert Buddy Filion Diane L. "The effects of multiphasic prepulse stimuli on attentional modulation of prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle eyeblink response." Diss., UMK access, 2007.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Dept. of Psychology. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2007."A dissertation in psychology." Advisor: Diane L. Filion. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed July 16, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-118). Online version of the print edition.
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Brown, Katlyn Elizabeth. "The neurophysiology of sensorimotor integration in healthy aging and chronic stroke." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/63184.
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Background: General decline in motor performance is often cited in healthy aging, and motor deficits persist into the chronic phase of stroke recovery. Abnormalities in sensorimotor integration may underlie these motor deficits; however, the effect of aging and chronic stroke on sensorimotor integration neurophysiology is not well understood. Further, investigation into the plasticity of sensorimotor integration is important to establish in populations experiencing sensorimotor decline.
Methods: The overall objective of this thesis was to comprehensively understand the neurophysiology of sensorimotor integration, including the influence of aging and chronic stroke on sensorimotor integration and the reliability of common neurophysiological measures. The first research chapter (Chapter 2) explores age and stroke-related differences in measures of indirect sensorimotor integration. Chapters 3 and 4 investigate baseline differences in measures of direct sensorimotor integration induced by aging and chronic stroke, respectively. Further, they use an intervention to index plasticity of sensorimotor integration in these populations. The final chapter (Chapter 5) addresses the reliability of a variety of neurophysiological methods used to examine somatosensory and motor cortical excitability, as well as sensorimotor integration.
Summary of Findings: In Chapter 2, older individuals and individuals with chronic stroke had reduced short-latency afferent inhibition, compared to younger individuals suggesting the difference is largely driven by age-related factors. Greater disinhibition post-stroke related to worse motor function and impairment. Chapter 3 showed that measures of direct sensorimotor integration are less susceptible to age-related changes than measures of indirect sensorimotor integration. Sensory training altered direct but not indirect sensorimotor integration, suggesting independent modulation of separate anatomical pathways of sensorimotor integration. Chapter 4 highlighted differences in direct sensorimotor integration between individuals with chronic stroke and older individuals such that vibration had less of an impact on baseline motor cortex excitability in individuals post-stroke and the intracortical response to sensory training was reduced. Chapter 5 showed high reliability in transcranial magnetic stimulation thresholds, the amplitudes of evoked potentials elicited at high stimulation intensities, and latency-based measures.
Conclusions: This dissertation contributes new knowledge to the impact of aging and chronic stroke on sensorimotor integration and the reliability of the measures used to quantify sensorimotor integration.Medicine, Faculty of
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Saunders, Ian. "Closed-loop prosthetic hand : understanding sensorimotor and multisensory integration under uncertainty." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9516.
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To make sense of our unpredictable world, humans use sensory information streaming through billions of peripheral neurons. Uncertainty and ambiguity plague each sensory stream, yet remarkably our perception of the world is seamless, robust and often optimal in the sense of minimising perceptual variability. Moreover, humans have a remarkable capacity for dexterous manipulation. Initiation of precise motor actions under uncertainty requires awareness of not only the statistics of our environment but also the reliability of our sensory and motor apparatus. What happens when our sensory and motor systems are disrupted? Upper-limb amputees tted with a state-of-the-art prostheses must learn to both control and make sense of their robotic replacement limb. Tactile feedback is not a standard feature of these open-loop limbs, fundamentally limiting the degree of rehabilitation. This thesis introduces a modular closed-loop upper-limb prosthesis, a modified Touch Bionics ilimb hand with a custom-built linear vibrotactile feedback array. To understand the utility of the feedback system in the presence of multisensory and sensorimotor influences, three fundamental open questions were addressed: (i) What are the mechanisms by which subjects compute sensory uncertainty? (ii) Do subjects integrate an artificial modality with visual feedback as a function of sensory uncertainty? (iii) What are the influences of open-loop and closed-loop uncertainty on prosthesis control? To optimally handle uncertainty in the environment people must acquire estimates of the mean and uncertainty of sensory cues over time. A novel visual tracking experiment was developed in order to explore the processes by which people acquire these statistical estimators. Subjects were required to simultaneously report their evolving estimate of the mean and uncertainty of visual stimuli over time. This revealed that subjects could accumulate noisy evidence over the course of a trial to form an optimal continuous estimate of the mean, hindered only by natural kinematic constraints. Although subjects had explicit access to a measure of their continuous objective uncertainty, acquired from sensory information available within a trial, this was limited by a conservative margin for error. In the Bayesian framework, sensory evidence (from multiple sensory cues) and prior beliefs (knowledge of the statistics of sensory cues) are combined to form a posterior estimate of the state of the world. Multiple studies have revealed that humans behave as optimal Bayesian observers when making binary decisions in forced-choice tasks. In this thesis these results were extended to a continuous spatial localisation task. Subjects could rapidly accumulate evidence presented via vibrotactile feedback (an artificial modality ), and integrate it with visual feedback. The weight attributed to each sensory modality was chosen so as to minimise the overall objective uncertainty. Since subjects were able to combine multiple sources of sensory information with respect to their sensory uncertainties, it was hypothesised that vibrotactile feedback would benefit prosthesis wearers in the presence of either sensory or motor uncertainty. The closed-loop prosthesis served as a novel manipulandum to examine the role of feed-forward and feed-back mechanisms for prosthesis control, known to be required for successful object manipulation in healthy humans. Subjects formed economical grasps in idealised (noise-free) conditions and this was maintained even when visual, tactile and both sources of feedback were removed. However, when uncertainty was introduced into the hand controller, performance degraded significantly in the absence of visual or tactile feedback. These results reveal the complementary nature of feed-forward and feed-back processes in simulated prosthesis wearers, and highlight the importance of tactile feedback for control of a prosthesis.
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Lee, Jihang. "Brain mechanisms underlying sensory motor adatations /." view abstract or download file of text, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3061954.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2002.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 195-205). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Torres, Elizabeth B. "Theoretical framework for the study of sensory-motor integration /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3025932.
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Camus, Thomas. "Action et intégration : le rôle fonctionnel de la motricité dans la construction des connaissances sensori-motrices." Thesis, Montpellier 3, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016MON30076.
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La mise en place d’un comportement semble en grande partie déterminée par la capacité du système cognitif à intégrer, au sein de représentations cohérentes, le flux continu d’informations provenant de l’environnement. Les travaux réalisés lors de cette thèse viennent modérer ce lien de causalité, et apportent des éléments en faveur d’une co-détermination de l’intégration des informations perceptives et de la mise en place d’un comportement moteur. En d’autres termes, cette thèse soutient l’idée que les actions effectuées par un individu ne sont pas seulement le produit d’une activité interne, mais sont aussi et surtout une condition de possibilité de la construction d’une représentation cohérente de nos interactions avec l’environnement.La première étude que nous avons réalisée a permis de mettre en évidence le rôle fonctionnel des réponses motrices dans le processus d’intégration. Dans une seconde étude, nous avons montré que les composants perceptifs et moteurs ne sont pas seulement co-activés lors de l’activité perceptive, mais bien intégrés les uns aux autres au sein d’une même représentation sensorimotrice. Enfin, notre dernière étude indique que la construction de telles représentations pourrait dépendre de l’intégration des conséquences sensorimotrices de nos actions. Pris dans une perspective plus large, l’ensemble de ces résultats souligne le rôle fondamental de l’action dans la cognition, et suggère finalement de reconsidérer la distinction stricte que nous opérons habituellement entre les éléments perceptifs et moteurs qui composent nos représentationsThe ability to integrate the vast amount of information coming from the environmentinto a coherent representation is usually considered a necessary conditionfor any behavior to take place. In this Ph.D. thesis, our proposal is to moderatethis apparent causality, and to bring new elements that support the idea of a codeterminationof the building of sensorimotor representations and the execution ofmotor behavior. In other words, we propose that actions are not only adapted toexternal constraints through an internal activity, but also contribute to the buildingof coherent representations of the world. Therefore, we made a series of experimentsto highlight the role of motor activity in the process of binding perceptiveinformation. The first study examined the functional role of motor responses inthe integration process, which were found to be a necessary condition for an integrationto take place. The second study investigated the link between perceptiveand motor components. The results showed that both are indeed integrated into acommon sensorimotor representation. Our final study shed light on the fact thatbuilding sensorimotor representations seems to rely on the integration of sensorimotoraction-effects. Taken together, our results point toward the critical role of motoractivity in cognitive processes, and question the relevance of distinguishing motorcomponents from perceptive ones
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Jamshidi, Fard Ali Reza. "New techniques to study and assess the spinal and cortical sensorimotor integration." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.295610.
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Chmielewski, Witold X., and Christian Beste. "Perceptual conflict during sensorimotor integration processes - a neurophysiological study in response inhibition." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-215947.
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A multitude of sensory inputs needs to be processed during sensorimotor integration. A crucial factor for detecting relevant information is its complexity, since information content can be conflicting at a perceptual level. This may be central to executive control processes, such as response inhibition. This EEG study aims to investigate the system neurophysiological mechanisms behind effects of perceptual conflict on response inhibition. We systematically modulated perceptual conflict by integrating a Global-local task with a Go/Nogo paradigm. The results show that conflicting perceptual information, in comparison to non-conflicting perceptual information, impairs response inhibition performance. This effect was evident regardless of whether the relevant information for response inhibition is displayed on the global, or local perceptual level. The neurophysiological data suggests that early perceptual/ attentional processing stages do not underlie these modulations. Rather, processes at the response selection level (P3), play a role in changed response inhibition performance. This conflict-related impairment of inhibitory processes is associated with activation differences in (inferior) parietal areas (BA7 and BA40) and not as commonly found in the medial prefrontal areas. This suggests that various functional neuroanatomical structures may mediate response inhibition and that the functional neuroanatomical structures involved depend on the complexity of sensory integration processes.
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Volpe, Alessandra G. "Predicting neurological impairment with the Dean-Woodcock Sensory Motor Battery." Virtual Press, 2004. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1292040.
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An integral part of neuropsychological assessment is the measurement of sensory-motor performance. Many studies have been conducted on the effectiveness of neuropsychological batteries to assess neurological impairment, however examination of only the sensory-motor portion of those measures has been limited. Investigations of tests of sensory and motor functions have often limited their analysis to single tests. The present study assessed the ability of the Dean-Woodcock Sensory Motor Battery (DWSMB), part of a new neuropsychological measure, the Dean-Woodcock Neuropsychological Battery (DWNB), to distinguish between normal subjects and neurologically impaired individuals as diagnosed by a neurologist. Scores from the subtests of the DWSMB from an existing data set for 250 normal and 250 neurologically impaired individuals were randomly assigned to two equal groups to allow for cross validation. Results indicated that the DWSMB was able to correctly identify 92.8% of the cases, identifying 94.4% of the normal population and 91.2% of the neurologically impaired subjects. An additional discriminant analysis was conducted to establish the accuracy of the DWSMB to identify individual diagnoses within neurologically impaired and normal subjects. The DWSMB correctly identified the following cases: 44.9% cardio-vascular accidents, 66.7% multiple sclerosis, 40% seizures, 42% traumatic brain injuries, 62.7% dementia, and 54.5% Parkinson's disease. Results indicated the usefulness of the DWSMB in identifying neurological damage and specific diagnoses in a relatively quick assessment. The utility of the DWSMB and the use of standardized administration procedures, behavioral information for evaluation, and measures of subcortical functions was discussed in light of future research. The potential use of the DWSMB in clinical and educational settings was also considered.Department of Educational Psychology
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Manson, Gerome Aleandro. "Examining the sensorimotor integration processes prior to and during movements to somatosensory targets." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019AIXM0072/document.
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La littérature sur les processus d’intégration multisensoriels (i.e., transformations sensorimotrice) avant et pendant des mouvements volontaires ont principalement utilisé des cibles visuelles. Considérant que la modalité d’une cible influence le cadre de référence utilisé pour contrôler un mouvement volontaire, l’objectif principal des trois expériences de la présente thèse était d’examiner ces processus de transformations sensorimotrices, et ce, spécifiquement pour des mouvements vers un cible somatosensorielle. Les deux premières expériences ont examiné les transformations sensorimotrices pendant la planification du mouvement. L’objectif de la troisième expérience était d’examiner les transformations sensorimotrices utilisée pour le contrôle du mouvement vers une cible somatosensorielle. Les résultats des deux premières expériences indiquent que des même des signaux auditifs peuvent faciliter l’utilisation d’un cadre de référence visuel du corps pour transformer la position de cibles somatosensorielles. Ces processus de transformation pourraient nécessiter des processus supplémentaires et engagent clairement des réseaux corticaux visuels et visuomoteurs. De plus, les résultats de la troisième expérience indique que des corrections apportées aux mouvements vers des cibles somatosensorielles perturbées prennent moins de temps pour être initiées en plus d’être plus efficaces et précises que des corrections apportées aux mouvement vers des cibles visuelles. De plus, cette troisième expérience indique que des cibles somatosensorielles ne sont pas nécessairement transformées dans un référentiel visuel avant de corriger un mouvement volontaire en cours d’exécutionResearch on multisensory integration for goal-directed movements has focused on targets external to the body. In this dissertation, three experiments were conducted to examine sensorimotor transformation processes for movements to body positions (i.e., somatosensory targets). The goal of the first experiment was to investigate if the modality of the cue used to indicate the location of a somatosensory target affects the body representation used to encode the target’s position during movement planning. The results showed that auditory cues prompted the use of an exteroceptive body representation for the encoding of movements to somatosensory targets in visual coordinates. The goal of the second experiment was expand on this finding and examine the neural processes associated with the visual remapping auditory-cued somatosensory targets. It was found that the sensorimotor transformation processes responsible for the conversion of somatosensory target positions to visual coordinates engages visuomotor cortical networks to a greater extent than movements to external visual targets. The goal of the third experiment was to examine the sensorimotor transformation processes employed for the online control of movements to somatosensory targets. These results provide evidence that the remapping of somatosensory targets into visual coordinates may not occur prior to online corrections. Altogether the findings of this thesis reveal that sensory cues can facilitate the remapping of somatosensory targets prior to goal directed actions. However, these remapping processes may be too costly to engage in during online control when there is no vision of the reaching limb
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Borrell, Joseph W. Jantzen Kelly J. "Large scale neural dynamics of rhythmic sensorimotor coordination and stability /." Online version, 2010. http://content.wwu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/theses&CISOPTR=326&CISOBOX=1&REC=18.
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Godbout, Danny. "Implementation and evaluation of neuromuscular controllers in robotic systems performing cooperative tasks with humans." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2008. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Fall2008/d_godbout_112808.pdf.
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Thesis (M.S. in mechanical engineering)--Washington State University, December 2008.Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 23, 2008). "School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering." Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-76).
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Filimon, Flavia. "Multisensory and sensorimotor representations for action in human posterior parietal cortex investigated with functional MRI." Diss., [La Jolla] : University of California, San Diego, 2008. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3320178.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2008.Title from first page of PDF file (viewed September 24, 2008). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-135).
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Zhong, Junpei [Verfasser], and Stefan [Akademischer Betreuer] Wermter. "Artificial Neural Models for Feedback Pathways for Sensorimotor Integration / Junpei Zhong. Betreuer: Stefan Wermter." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1073248208/34.
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Mahrous, Amr A. "Regulation of the motor output of the spinal cord: burst firing generation and sensorimotor integration." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1523970444739026.
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Williams, Lisa E. "Reduced multisensory integration in individuals with schizophrenia evidence from psychophysical studies /." Diss., [La Jolla] : University of California, San Diego, 2009. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3356176.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2009.Title from first page of PDF file (viewed July 7, 2009). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Fasthén, Patrick. "The Virtual Self : Sensory-Motor Plasticity of Virtual Body-Ownership." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för biovetenskap, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-10501.
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The distinction between the sense of body-ownership and the sense of agency has attracted considerable empirical and theoretical interest lately. However, the respective contributions of multisensory and sensorimotor integration to these two varieties of body experience are still the subject of ongoing research. In this study, I examine the various methodological problems encountered in the empirical study of body-ownership and agency with the use of novel immersive virtual environment technology to investigate the interplay between sensory and motor information. More specifically, the focus is on testing the relative contributions and possible interactions of visual-tactile and visual-motor contingencies implemented under the same experimental protocol. The effect of this is supported by physiological measurements obtained from skin conductance responses and heart rate. The findings outline a relatively simple method for identifying the necessary and sufficient conditions for the experience of body-ownership and agency, as studied with immersive virtual environment technology.
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Whitchurch, Elizabeth A. "Audiovisual integration in the saccadic system of the barn owl /." view abstract or download file of text, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1280135971&sid=3&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2006.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. "These investigations were supported in part by the National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders ... and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences"--P. viii. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 142-152). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Mulligan, Shelley. "Sensory integration : analyses of patterns of dysfunction and clinical application with children with mild disabilities /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7564.
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Simoni, Mario F. "Synthesis and analysis of a physical model of biological rhythmic motor control with sensorimotor feedback." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/13284.
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Thiele, Tod R. "The role of identified neurons in the sensorimotor transformation underlying sodium chloride chemotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans /." view abstract or download file of text, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1417803221&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-114). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Keefer, Lucas. "Defending Noë's enactive theory of perception a response to some objections /." Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University, 2009. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/philosophy_theses/52/.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2009.Andrea Scarantino, committee chair; George Graham, Sebastian Rand, committee members. Title from title page (Digital Archive@GSU, viewed June 22, 2010) Includes bibliographical references (p. 46).
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Vaux, Fleeta R. "Predicting depression using the Dean-Woodcock Sensory Motor Battery." CardinalScholar 1.0, 2009. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1536756.
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Decker, Scott L. "Confirmatory models of sensory/motor and cognitive constructs." Virtual Press, 2002. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1233197.
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This study examined the relationship between neuropsychological constructs of sensory-motor functioning and cognitive ability constructs in the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) (Carroll, 1993) theory. Two studies were conducted For the first study, the Dean-Woodcock Sensory Motor Battery (SMB) (Dean & Woodcock, 1999) was administered to 800 individuals. A factor analysis and a confirmatory factor analysis were used to investigate and develop a factor structure of the SMB. Results from this study suggest sensory and motor tests significantly share common variance and a hierarchical, multifactorial model that included a higher-order factor of both sensory and motor tests best fit the data. The second study examined the SMB model, developed in the first study, in relation to the CHC (Cattell-Horn-Carroll) model of cognitive abilities, as measured by the Woodcock-Johnson Revised Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ-R) (McGrew, Werder, & Woodcock, 1991). For this study, the SMB and the WJ-R was administered to 411 individuals. A confirmatory model was tested that included the higher-order factor of the SMB as a broad ability within the CHC model. Results from this analysis suggest the higher order factor of the SMB does have a significant relationship with overall measures of cognitive ability of a similar level to other broad abilities in the CHC model, and significantly improves the fit of CHC model. These results support Roberts, Pallier, and Goffs (1999) argument for the inclusion of an additional broad ability in the CHC taxonomy that represents sensory and motor functioning. Additionally, this study provides empirical support for the utility of including neuropsychological tests of sensory and motor functioning in a comprehensive assessment of cognitive abilities (Dean & Woodcock, 1999). The implications for neuropsychological and psychometric assessment are discussed.Department of Educational Psychology
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Johnson, Jennifer Lynn. "Effects of delayed auditory feedback on the Bereitschaftspotential /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2007. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2144.pdf.
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Jirikowic, Tracy L. "Sensory processing and integration and children with alcohol-related diognoses : an exploratory analysis /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7893.
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Häger, Ross Charlotte. "To grip and not to slip : sensorimotor mechanisms in reactive control of grasp stability." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Fysiologi, 1995. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-110676.
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The reactive control of fingertip forces maintaining grasp stability was examined in man during a prehensile task. Blindfolded subjects used the precision grip between the tips of index finger and thumb to restrain an object that was subjected to unpredictable load forces. These were delivered tangential to the parallel grip surfaces of the object. Load forces, grip forces (perpendicular to the grip surfaces) and position of the object were recorded.Subjects automatically adjusted the grip forces to loads of various amplitudes and rates. Thereby they maintained a reliable safety margin against frictional slips without using excessive grip forces. A rapid rise in grip force lasting about 0.2 s was triggered after a short delay following the onset of a sustained ramp load increase. This 'catch-up' response caused a quick restoration of an adequate grip:load force ratio that prevented frictional slips. If the ramp load continued to increase after the catchup response, the grip force also increased in parallel with the load change in a 'tracking' manner. Consequently, during the hold phases of 'ramp-and-hold' loads, the employed grip forces were approximately proportional to the load amplitude. Sensory information about the rate of change of the load force parametrically scaled the 'catchup' and 'tracking' responses.Following anesthetic block of sensory input from the digits, the grip responses were both delayed and attenuated or even abolished. To compensate for these impairments, subjects had to voluntarily maintain exceedingly high grip forces to prevent the object from slipping. The grip control improved slightly during hand and forearm support conditions that allowed marked wrist movements to occur in response to the loading. This indicates that signals from receptors in muscles, joints or skin areas proximal to the digits can to some extent be used to adjust grip forces during impaired digital sensibility. In contrast, these signals had only minor influence on the control during normal digital sensibility.Grip responses to loads delivered in various directions revealed that the load direction, in relation to gravity and to the hand's geometry, represents intrinsic task variables in the automatic processes that maintain a stable grasp. The load direction influenced both the response latencies and the magnitudes of the grip responses. The response latencies were shortest for loads in directions that were the most critical with regard to the consequences of frictional slippage, i.e., loads directed away from the palm or in the direction of gravity. Recordings of signals in cutaneous afferents innervating the finger tips demonstrated that these effects on the response latencies depended on differences in the time needed by the central nervous system to implement the motor responses. The short latencies in the most ‘criticar load directions may reflect the preparation of a default response, while additional central processing would be needed to execute the response to loads in other directions. Adjustments to local frictional anisotropies at the digit-object interface largely explained the magnitude effects.In conclusion, grip responses are automatically adjusted to the current loading condition during unpredictable loading of a hand held object. Subjects call up a previously acquired sensorimotor transform that supports grasp stability by preventing both object slippage and excessive grip forces. Cutaneous sensory information about tangential forces and frictional conditions at the digit-object interface is used to initiate and scale the grip responses to the current loading conditions, largely in a predictive manner.Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 1995, Härtill 5 uppsatser
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Bertsch, David J. "The Effects of Satiety-state Neuromodulation on Predatory Hunting Behaviors and CNS Sensorimotor Processing in the Praying Mantis, Tenodera sinensis." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1631984571296264.
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Chan, Wai-ching Florence. "Effects of sensory motor integration approach in enhancing functional skills of students with severe intellectual and multiple disabilities." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B35324351.
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Sanniec, Kyle. "Effect of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome on Trial-to-Trial Adaptation to Object Mass-Sensorimotor Integration for Multi-Digit Grasping." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/281794.
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A Thesis submitted to The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.Introduction/Objective: Somatosensory feedback from the fingertips is integrated with voluntary control of hand muscles in order to successfully grip objects. This integration can be disrupted in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) and lead to dropping objects. This raises the question of how the central nervous system (CNS) integrates sensory information from CTS-affected and non-affected digits. The primary objective was to use CTS as a model to understand mechanisms underlying sensorimotor integration responsible for whole-hand griping of objects with a changing mass. CTS patients should be able to modulate digit forces to object weight, however, as different grip types involve the exclusive use of CTS-affected digits or a combination of CTS-affected and non-affected digits, we hypothesize sensorimotor deficits to be larger for grips involving the coordination of CTS-affected and non-affected digits. Methods: Sixteen CTS patients (3 males, 13 females) and age- and gender-matched controls participated in the study. Subjects were instructed to use one of four grip types: two digits, three digits, four digits, or all five digits to grasp, lift, hold level and release a grip device for 7 consecutive lifts. Object mass was changed across blocks of trials by inserting either a “light mass” (445g) or a “heavy mass” (745g) underneath the grip device. Force and torque exerted by each digit were measured. Results: CTS patients learned multi-digit force modulation to object weight regardless of grip type. Although controls exerted the same total grip force across all grip types, patients exerted significantly larger grip force than controls but only for manipulations with four and five digits. Importantly, this effect was due to CTS patients’ inability to change the finger force distribution when adding the ring and little fingers. Significance: These findings indicate CTS primarily challenges sensorimotor integration processes underlying the coordination of CTS-affected and non-affected digits.
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Grobler, Isabella Johanna. "Speech motor development of Afrikaans speaking children aged four to seven years." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2000. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01112007-154045.
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Snell, Lewis Casbeer. "Sensorimotor Integration And The Role Of The Cercal System In The Reproductive Behavior Of The Cricket, Acheta Domesticus." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1122917477.
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Titus, Jeffery B. "The prediction of cognitive ability from sensory/motor performance : examining the role of sensory/motor performance in the Dean-Woodcock Cognitive Neuropsychology Model." Virtual Press, 2002. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1239213.
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The present study investigated the relationship between sensory/motor skills and cognitive abilities in psychiatric and neurologically impaired patients to determine how sensory/motor skills are associated with cognitive abilities. Previous research has demonstrated a significant relationship between performance on sensory/motor tasks and cognition but has failed to examine how well sensory/motor skills can predict specific cognitive performance. Because brain functioning is hierarchical with simpler processes being foundational to the development of more complex functions, it is likely sensory/motor skills can aid in the prediction of specific cognitive abilities. If this is true, then investigation of the relationship between sensory/motor performance and cognition should provide insight into the role of sensory/motor skills in the Dean-Woodcock Cognitive Neuropsychology Model.This study examined the relationship between scores on the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Ability - Revised (WJ-R COG) and scores on the Dean-Woodcock Sensory and Motor Battery (D-WSMB). Participants included 458 patients referred for neuropsychological consultation with neurological and/or psychiatric diagnoses. Results indicated a significant correlation among cognitive scores and sensory/motor scores. Moreover, factor analysis revealed 7 overall factors that account for approximately 65% of the variance. These factors were identified as being thinking ability and processing speed, subcortical functioning, verbal working memory, peripheral processes, tactile kinesthetic thinking (Gtk), visual processing, and simple sensory/motor.Integration of sensory/motor factors into the Dean-Woodcock Cognitive Neuropsychology Model revealed the significant role sensory/motor performance plays in predicting higher-order cognitive abilities. From the analysis it appeared that certain sensory/motor functions were significant contributors to the prediction of specific cognitive abilities. That is, subcortical functioning aided in the prediction of all measured areas of cognition; visual processing contributed to visual-spatial thinking, novel reasoning, and crystallized knowledge; tactile-kinesthetic thinking helped predict visual-spatial thinking, auditory processing, and crystallized knowledge; and simple sensory/motor functioning aided in the explanation of long-term storage-retrieval.These results offer a beginning point for further investigation into the relationship between specific sensory/motor skills and cognitive abilities. Research in this area can provide further insight into the functional organization of the brain and offer application to cognitive outcome in rehabilitation as well as preschool screening.Department of Educational Psychology
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Hall, John J. "Predicting closed head injury using a standardized measure of sensory-motor functioning." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1395459.
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The main purpose of the present study was to identify sensory-motor deficits caused by closed head injury (CHI) when individuals with CHI are compared to a normal sample. The study also investigated lower-level sensory-motor functioning, such as gait, balance, and coordination and its relation to neurological impairment related to CHI. Additionally, the study determined if age significantly influenced sensory-motor functioning.Archival data was utilized to complete the study. Data was collected from a large, Midwestern neurology clinic (CHI) as well as from a normative sample of individuals with no reported history of neurological impairment. Preliminary analyses were completed to identify outliers. Samples were then randomly selected from the impaired group (CHI) and matched with randomly selected subjects from the normative sample based upon age.Three separate analyses were completed. The first analysis focused on age and if age significantly influences sensory motor functioning. The second analysis was completed using an adult's only sample based upon the results that age significantly influenced sensory-motor performance. Finally, the third analysis utilized all age groups to determine how dramatically age had an impact on distinguishing between individuals with CHI versus a normative sample.Results demonstrated that age had a significant influence on sensory-motor performance. Measures of subcortical and cortical motor function, motor speed, motor coordination and tactile examination were able to accurately classify individuals with head injury from a normative sample to a clinically significant degree (78%). The study argues that the D-WSMB is a reliable and valid measure to utilize when evaluating individuals with CHI.Department of Educational Psychology