Selective visual processing during the preparation of goal-directed eye and hand movements

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titleSelective visual processing during the preparation of goal-directed eye and hand movements
start_date2007/09/25
schedule11h-12h30
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summaryIn recent years, ample evidence has accumulated suggesting that a shift of visual attention precedes intentional movements directed to a visual target. In the first part of this presentation, I will provide evidence in favour of this claim for saccades and manual pointing, and will discuss conditions under which attention and movement preparation may be dissociated. In the second part of the talk, experiments will be presented that extend these basic findings by investigating covert selective processing in more complex movement situations, i.e., for sequential eye and hand movements directed to two or three targets, for bimanual movements, and for grasping an object.
responsiblesCohen, Kergoat