Journal
PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 1, Pages 7-16Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1111/1469-8986.00002
Keywords
lateralized readiness potential; contingent negative variation; movement preparation; precuing
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Ulrich, Leuthold, and Sommer (1998) suggested that movement preparation at the level of the motor cortex, as indexed by the lateralized readiness potential (LRP). proceeds in a strongly hierarchical fashion. where parameters other than response hand are prepared only if all the movement parameters are known. These conclusions were based on an experiment where a precue provided information about response hand. direction of finger movement. and movement force. To assess the generality of these findings. e replaced the force parameter with response finger. LRP indicated that preparation of the required finger is possible even when preliminary information is incomplete. Therefore. movement preparation appears to follow different rules when anatomical relationships (hand and finger) are concerned as compared to functional parameters like movement direction. On the other hand. at a limb-unspecific level. as indicated by the contingent negative variation. we confirmed evidence for parallel programming of all movement parameters.
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