Lateralized Regular Spatial Patterns in Oscillating Drawing Arm Movements of Right-Handed Young Women

There is a lacuna in literature with reference to the spatial lateral difference in fast rhythmical movements produced by the whole dominant and nondominant whole arm, where spinal regulation has a significant role. Based on a fast oscillating zigzag drawing task, this study focused on (a) creation...

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Published in:Perceptual and motor skills 2004-02, Vol.98 (1), p.249-271
Main Authors: Gutnik, B. J., Corballis, M. C., Nicholson, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Arm - physiology
Arms
Female
Functional Laterality
Hands
Humans
Movement
Movement - physiology
Oscillators
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
Spatial Behavior
Women
Young adults
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Summary:There is a lacuna in literature with reference to the spatial lateral difference in fast rhythmical movements produced by the whole dominant and nondominant whole arm, where spinal regulation has a significant role. Based on a fast oscillating zigzag drawing task, this study focused on (a) creation of a specific model of the task based on the intermittencies of coupled vectors of the fast motion, (b) identification of the spatial patterns that triggered these vectors, and (c) identification of quantified lateral differences between the spatial rhythmical patterns. 12 strongly right-handed young women performed 9 to 11 trials drawing zigzag lines. Each participant was required to extend her arm and perform this task using the left and right arm selectively on a frontally positioned graphic design system. The spatial patterns produced on each trial were identified in terms of five constant combinations of horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) projections of each line on the zigzag drawings. The dominant arm differed from the nondominant arm in preferred patterns. Because the duration of each line in the zigzag was highly restricted in time, the appearance of the patterns with different block schemes of movement could be explained as being associated with lower levels of the central nervous system. Initiation of fast movement of the total upper arm is probably associated with selection of the block scheme of motor control appropriate to each arm. Each block scheme is grounded on the coupled vectors of motion organised with particular muscle groups. Some block schemes seemed linked specifically to the dominant arm.
ISSN:0031-5125
1558-688X
DOI:10.2466/pms.98.1.249-271