ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2013
Responses to loud auditory stimuli indicate that movement-related activation builds up in anticipation of action.
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- The interplay of perceptual processing demands and practice in modulating voluntary and involuntary motor responses.Psychophysiology · 2024Article
- Response triggering by an acoustic stimulus increases with stimulus intensity and is best predicted by startle reflex activation.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- StartReact effects in first dorsal interosseous muscle are absent in a pinch task, but present when combined with elbow flexion.PloS one · 2018Article
- Auditory stimulus has a larger effect on anticipatory postural adjustments in older than young adults during choice step reaction.European journal of applied physiology · 2017Article
- A broadband acoustic stimulus is more likely than a pure tone to elicit a startle reflex and prepared movements.Physiological reports · 2015Article
- Reply to Maslovat et al.Journal of neurophysiology · 2015Article
- Responses to startling acoustic stimuli indicate that movement-related activation does not build up in anticipation of action.Journal of neurophysiology · 2015Article
- Responses to startling acoustic stimuli indicate that movement-related activation is constant prior to action: a replication with an alternate interpretation.Physiological reports · 2015Article
- The early release of actions by loud sounds in muscles with distinct connectivity.Experimental brain research · 2014Article
- Corticospinal modulation induced by sounds depends on action preparedness.The Journal of physiology · 2014Article
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Abstract
Previous research using a loud acoustic stimulus (LAS) to investigate motor preparation in reaction time (RT) tasks indicates that responses can be triggered well in advance of the presentation of an imperative stimulus (IS). This is intriguing given that high levels of response preparation cannot be maintained for long periods (≈ 200 ms). In the experiments reported here we sought to assess whether response-related activation increases gradually over time in simple RT tasks. In experiment 1, a LAS was presented at different times just prior to the presentation of the IS to probe the level of activation for the motor response. In experiment 2, the same LAS was presented at different times after the presentation of the IS. The results provide evidence that response-related activation does increase gradually in anticipation of the IS, but it remains stable for a short time after this event. The data display a pattern consistent with the response being triggering by the LAS, rather than a reaction to the IS.
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