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dc.contributor.authorLeow, L.
dc.contributor.authorUchida, A.
dc.contributor.authorEgberts, J.
dc.contributor.authorRiek, S.
dc.contributor.authorLipp, Ottmar
dc.contributor.authorTresilian, J.
dc.contributor.authorMarinovic, Welber
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-13T09:11:44Z
dc.date.available2018-12-13T09:11:44Z
dc.date.created2018-12-12T02:46:33Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationLeow, L. and Uchida, A. and Egberts, J. and Riek, S. and Lipp, O. and Tresilian, J. and Marinovic, W. 2018. Triggering Mechanisms for Motor Actions: The Effects of Expectation on Reaction Times to Intense Acoustic Stimuli. Neuroscience. 393: pp. 226-235.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71908
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.10.008
dc.description.abstract

Motor actions can be released much sooner than normal when the go-signal is of very high intensity (>100 dBa). Although statistical evidence from individual studies has been mixed, it has been assumed that sternocleidomastoid (SCM) muscle activity could be used to distinguish between two neural circuits involved in movement triggering. We summarized meta-analytically the available evidence for this hypothesis, comparing the difference in premotor reaction time (RT) of actions where SCM activity was elicited (SCM+ trials) by loud acoustic stimuli against trials in which it was absent (SCM- trials). We found ten studies, all reporting comparisons between SCM+ and SCM- trials. Our mini meta-analysis showed that premotor RTs are faster in SCM+ than in SCM- trials, but the effect can be confounded by the variability of the foreperiods employed. We present experimental data showing that foreperiod predictability can induce differences in RT that would be of similar size to those attributed to the activation of different neurophysiological pathways to trigger prepared actions. We discuss plausible physiological mechanisms that would explain differences in premotor RTs between SCM+ and SCM- trials.

dc.publisherPergamon
dc.titleTriggering Mechanisms for Motor Actions: The Effects of Expectation on Reaction Times to Intense Acoustic Stimuli
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume393
dcterms.source.startPage226
dcterms.source.endPage235
dcterms.source.issn0306-4522
dcterms.source.titleNeuroscience
curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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