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Neurosciences
Natasha Ratcliffe, Katie Greenfield, Danielle Ropar, Ellen M. Howard, Roger Newport
Summary: The study found that older children are more influenced by visual information in incongruent conditions, leading to hand mislocalization. Compared to older children, younger children rely less on visual information in the hand localization task.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Justin Tanner, Gerrit Orthlieb, David Shumate, Stephen Helms Tillery
Summary: The addition of tactile stimulation to fingertip can reduce proprioceptive errors in estimating fingertip position in two-dimensional space without disrupting the subjects' estimation strategy. This integration of proprioception and tactile sensory information suggests an enhancement of proprioceptive estimation. Additionally, electrotactile and vibrotactile stimulation can improve proprioceptive estimation, particularly in the dominant hand.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Ivan Camponogara, Robert Volcic
Summary: Research shows that haptic positional cues, combined with visual cues, are sufficient to achieve the same grasping performance as when all cues are available. These findings provide strong evidence that the human sensorimotor system relies on non-visual sensory inputs.
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Behavioral Sciences
Ivan Camponogara
Summary: This brief review aims to summarize the most influential theories in multisensory integration and sensory-motor control and provide new ideas on the multisensory-motor integration process. The reviewer also proposes an alternative view of how the multisensory integration process unfolds along the action planning and execution and makes several connections with existing multisensory-motor control theories.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2023)
Review
Biology
Jonathan S. Tsay, Hyosub Kim, Adrian M. Haith, Richard B. Ivry
Summary: Multiple learning processes contribute to successful goal-directed actions. Among these processes, implicit sensorimotor adaptation plays a primary role in ensuring well-calibrated and accurate movements. Traditionally, adaptation is thought to minimize visual errors through an iterative process. However, the role of proprioception has been neglected, with the assumption that it passively responds to visual errors without directly contributing to adaptation. This study proposes an alternative model, the proprioceptive re-alignment model (PReMo), which suggests that implicit adaptation aims to minimize proprioceptive errors. The PReMo model is consistent with previous findings and provides a parsimonious explanation for unexplained phenomena.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Patrycja Delong, Uta Noppeney
Summary: This study evaluated the impact of spatial and semantic correspondences on audiovisual binding by combining forward-backward masking with spatial ventriloquism. The results showed that semantic congruency enhances visual biases on perceived sound location only when the picture is within observers' awareness.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Ksander N. De Winkel, Ellen Edel, Riender Happee, Heinrich H. Bulthoff
Summary: The study demonstrates that different sensory cues have varying impacts on representations of the head and body in space, with distinct tendencies in balancing adjustments between the body and head. Furthermore, the research findings also reveal a clear dissociation of visual effects between the two tasks.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Naomi L. Bean, Barry E. Stein, Benjamin A. Rowland
Summary: Hemianopia can be improved through noninvasive cross-modal stimulation, which is related to the ability of multisensory integration. However, multisensory integration is not a prerequisite for visual recovery in hemianopia.
Article
Neurosciences
Ivan Camponogara, Robert Volcic
Summary: The study found that providing 50ms of visual information is enough to trigger a direction-specific visuo-haptic integration process that increases endpoint precision. When continuous visual support is not available, endpoint precision is determined by less recent but more reliable multisensory information rather than the latest unisensory (haptic) inputs.
Review
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Aysha Basharat, Archana Thayanithy, Michael Barnett-Cowan
Summary: This scoping review analyzed the scope and rigor of screening for age-related hearing and vision impairment in studies on multisensory integration. The findings revealed that a minority of studies screened for these impairments and there was no consistent definition. The authors recommend using standardized screening measures in future research to ensure consistency.
FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Mattia Pinardi, Nicola Di Stefano, Giovanni Di Pino, Charles Spence
Summary: Crossmodal correspondences are consistent mappings between perceptual dimensions or stimuli from different sensory domains. Human movement augmentation, which aims to enhance motor abilities through artificial devices, faces the challenge of relaying supplementary information to users. This article explores the potential role of crossmodal correspondences in human augmentation and discusses three ways in which they can impact motor control and embodiment.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Neurosciences
Patricia Cornelio, Carlos Velasco, Marianna Obrist
Summary: This review discusses the scope and challenges of using new technology in studying multisensory integration, and how it can bring together research from different disciplines. Technological advances such as volumetric displays, haptic devices, olfactory interfaces, and gustatory interfaces provide new ways to study multisensory integration beyond traditional laboratory settings and allow for experimentation in natural settings.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Benjamin Mathieu, Antonin Abillama, Simon More, Catherine Mercier, Martin Simoneau, Jeremy Danna, Laurence Mouchnino, Jean Blouin
Summary: The presence of a visible hand during mirror tracing increased the sensory conflict and resulted in higher alpha and beta power in the somatosensory cortex. Tracing performance was equally impaired by mirror vision in both groups. The increased activity in the visual cortex suggests increased visual processing in response to the sensory conflict. The study demonstrates the importance of proprioceptive information in motor performance and the influence of visual feedback on sensory conflict.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Muhammad Adnan Khan, Sagheer Abbas, Ali Raza, Faheem Khan, T. Whangbo
Summary: Progress in understanding multisensory integration in humans suggests that emotions can enhance or depress the response, but current research has not thoroughly explored the impact of emotions on integration.
CMC-COMPUTERS MATERIALS & CONTINUA
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Sonia Betti, Umberto Castiello, Chiara Begliomini
Summary: This review investigates how reach-to-grasp movements are influenced by multisensory information, emphasizing the importance of multisensory elements in shaping prehensile behavior and providing some considerations for future research developments.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Hannah J. Block, Jasmine L. Mirdamadi, Sydney Ryckman, Anna K. Lynch, Reid Wilson, Divya Udayan, Crystal L. Massie
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGIC PHYSICAL THERAPY
(2019)
Article
Neurosciences
Jasmine L. Mirdamadi, Hannah J. Block
JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Psychiatry
Lisa A. Bartolomeo, Yong-Wook Shin, Hannah J. Block, Amanda R. Bolbecker, Alan F. Breier, Brian O'Donnell, William P. Hetrick
SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN
(2020)
Article
Biophysics
Hannah J. Block, Brandon M. Sexton
MULTISENSORY RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Yang Liu, Hannah J. Block
Summary: Research has shown that under certain conditions, sequence learning interacts with sensorimotor adaptation in a facilitatory manner. However, it is still unclear whether they share neural resources. Further studies are needed to determine the circumstances and features of sequence learning that facilitate sensorimotor adaptation.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Jasmine L. Mirdamadi, Courtney R. Seigel, Stephen D. Husch, Hannah J. Block
Summary: When there is a mismatch between visual and proprioceptive estimates of hand position, the brain realigns them to reduce the discrepancy. This realignment affects not only the representation of the finger itself, but also extends to other parts of the limb.
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Jasmine L. Mirdamadi, Hannah J. Block
Summary: The study found that suppressing activity in the cerebellum and somatosensory cortex affects proprioceptive changes associated with motor skill learning. The cerebellum and somatosensory cortex play important roles in different aspects of proprioceptive changes during skill learning.
Article
Neurosciences
Jinseok Oh, Arash Mahnan, Jiapeng Xu, Hannah J. Block, Jurgen Konczak
Summary: The typical development of finger position sense from late childhood to adulthood is characterized by an age-dependent increase in proprioceptive precision, rather than a decrease in bias.
JOURNAL OF MOTOR BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Megan E. Huibregtse, Sage H. Sweeney, Mikayla R. Stephens, Hu Cheng, Zhongxue Chen, Hannah J. Block, Sharlene D. Newman, Keisuke Kawata
Summary: Recent investigations have found water polo athletes to be at risk for concussions and repetitive subconcussive head impacts. This study aimed to determine the link between cumulative and acute head impact exposure during pre-season training and changes in serum biomarkers of brain injury.
JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Anna Hsiao, Trevor Lee-Miller, Hannah J. Block
Summary: The brain estimates hand position using vision and proprioception. This study found that conscious awareness can reduce cross-sensory recalibration when there is a mismatch between visual and proprioceptive estimates, but only at larger mismatch magnitudes.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Jung Hyun Park, Rhea F. Benson, Katherine D. Morgan, Roma Matharu, Hannah J. Block
Summary: This study examined the effects of different footwear on balance control in a healthy somatosensory system. The results indicated that textured insoles performed better than barefoot and minimalist shoes in dynamic balance, suggesting that the tactile stimulation from the textured insoles offset the dampening of proprioception caused by athletic shoes.
HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Hannah J. Block, Yang Liu
Summary: The perception of hand position affects the planning and execution of hand movements. However, evidence suggests separate body representations for perception and action. In this study, participants underwent a cue conflict paradigm to evaluate the effects of perceived hand position on target-directed reaching.
JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Manasi Wali, Trevor Lee-Miller, Reshma Babu, Hannah J. Block
Summary: The brain estimates hand position by combining visual and proprioceptive cues, and spatial mismatches between these cues elicit recalibration. It is unclear how long this recalibration is retained. This study investigates whether direct vision and/or active movement of the hand can undo visuo-proprioceptive recalibration, and whether recalibration is still evident 24 hours later.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Reshma Babu, Trevor Lee-Miller, Manasi Wali, Hannah J. J. Block
Summary: We estimate hand position by combining visual and proprioceptive cues. A mismatch in cross-sensory spatial perception can be created by viewing the hand through a prism or rotating a visual cursor representing hand position. This research explores the principles of visuo-proprioceptive recalibration in relation to motor adaptation.
EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Megan E. Huibregtse, Sage H. Sweeney, Mikayla R. Stephens, Hu Cheng, Zhongxue Chen, Hannah J. Block, Sharlene D. Newman, Keisuke Kawata
Summary: Recent investigations have found that water polo athletes are at risk for concussions and repetitive subconcussive head impacts. This study aimed to examine the relationship between head impact exposure and biomarkers of brain injury in collegiate women's water polo players. The results suggest that an increase in serum NfL may be a useful way to monitor cumulative head impact burden, and female-specific factors, such as hormonal contraceptive use and progesterone levels, may have neuroprotective effects.
JOURNAL OF NEUROTRAUMA
(2022)