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ArticleExperimental brain research2025

Direction-dependent effects of gravity on speed-accuracy trade-off during vertical pointing movements.

Soma Okuuchi, Shinji Yamamoto, Keisuke Tani, Keisuke Kushiro

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Article in Experimental brain research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Soma OkuuchiGraduate School of Human and Environment Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Shinji YamamotoGraduate School of Sport Sciences, Nihon Fukushi University, Aichi, Japan.
Keisuke TaniGraduate School of Human and Environment Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Keisuke KushiroGraduate School of Human and Environment Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. kushiro.keisuke.5n@kyoto-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-5047-8296

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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,Japan 22K11654
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to clarify the effects of gravity on the speed-accuracy trade-off (SAT) for vertical pointing movements. For downward movements, gravity assists the initial acceleration phase and opposes the later deceleration phase; for upward movements, it opposes the initial acceleration and assists the later deceleration. We hypothesized that gravity influences the SAT asymmetry in vertical pointing movements depending on movement direction, which would be observable as temporal kinematic differences during the acceleration and deceleration phases. Twelve participants engaged in vertical pointing movements toward targets of different directions, sizes, and distances. The movement time (MT) obtained was fitted using Fitts's equations: MT = a + b × ID and ID = log

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GravitationPsychomotor PerformanceAccelerationAdultBiomechanical PhenomenaFemaleHumansMaleMovementReaction TimeYoung AdultFitts’s lawGravityMovement directionSpeed-accuracy trade-offUpper limb movement

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