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EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 203, Issue 3, Pages 485-498Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2251-1
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Multisensory; Perception and action; Reference frames; Remapping; Space; Updating
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- German Research Foundation (DFG) [Fi 1567/2-2]
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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There is considerable evidence that targets for action are represented in a dynamic gaze-centered frame of reference, such that each gaze shift requires an internal updating of the target. Here, we investigated the effect of eye movements on the spatial representation of targets used for position judgements. Participants had their hand passively placed to a location, and then judged whether this location was left or right of a remembered visual or remembered proprioceptive target, while gaze direction was varied. Estimates of position of the remembered targets relative to the unseen position of the hand were assessed with an adaptive psychophysical procedure. These positional judgements significantly varied relative to gaze for both remembered visual and remembered proprioceptive targets. Our results suggest that relative target positions may also be represented in eye-centered coordinates. This implies similar spatial reference frames for action control and space perception when positions are coded relative to the hand.
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