Interrelations between cognitive dysfunction and motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease: behavioral and neural studies

AA Moustafa, S Chakravarthy, JR Phillips… - Reviews in the …, 2016 - degruyter.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by a range of motor symptoms. Besides the
cardinal symptoms (tremor, bradykinesia/akinesia, and rigidity), PD patients also show other …

The relevance of signal timing in human-robot collaborative manipulation

F Cini, T Banfi, G Ciuti, L Craighero, M Controzzi - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
To achieve a seamless human-robot collaboration, it is crucial that robots express their
intentions without perturbating or interrupting the task that a human partner is performing at …

The effect of fidget spinners on fine motor control

EJ Cohen, R Bravi, D Minciacchi - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Fidgeting, defined as the generation of small movements through nervousness or
impatience, is one of cardinal characteristic of ADHD. While fidgeting is, by definition, a …

Investigating ideomotor cognition with motorvisual priming paradigms: Key findings, methodological challenges, and future directions

R Thomaschke - Frontiers in psychology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Ideomotor theory claims that perceptual representations of action-effects are functionally
involved in the planning of actions. Strong evidence for this claim comes from a …

Changes in structural network topology correlate with severity of hallucinatory behavior in Parkinson's disease

JM Hall, C O'Callaghan, AJ Muller… - Network …, 2019 - direct.mit.edu
Inefficient integration between bottom-up visual input and higher order visual processing
regions is implicated in visual hallucinations in Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, we …

The influence of hand dimensions on finger flexion during Lower Paleolithic stone tool use in a comfortable grip

A Fedato, M Silva-Gago, M Terradillos-Bernal… - Quaternary, 2024 - mdpi.com
Considering the biomechanical and cognitive aspects involved in tool manipulation, hand
size emerges as a critical factor. Males, on average, exhibit greater grip strength attributed to …

The effects of anxiety and dual-task on upper limb motor control of chronic stroke survivors

M Hejazi-Shirmard, L Lajevardi, M Rassafiani… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
This study was designed to investigate the effects of anxiety and dual-task on reach and
grasp motor control in chronic stroke survivors compared with age-and sex-matched healthy …

Symmetric and asymmetric bimanual coordination and freezing of gait in Parkinsonian patients in drug phases

Z Fathipour‐Azar, A Azad… - Annals of the New …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Freezing of gait (FOG) is a debilitating symptom in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD),
which may be associated with motor control impairments in tasks other than gait. This study …

Distinct visual cues mediate aperture sha** for gras** and pantomime-gras** tasks

SA Holmes, J Lohmus, S McKinnon… - Journal of motor …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The authors examined whether the top-down requirements of dissociating the spatial
relations between stimulus and response in a goal-directed gras** task renders the …

[HTML][HTML] Attention is needed for action control: further evidence from gras**

C Hesse, T Schenk, H Deubel - Vision research, 2012 - Elsevier
In this study we investigated whether motor and perceptual tasks share common attentional
resources. To this end, we used a dual-task paradigm requiring participants to perform …