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Incremental exposure facilitates adaptation to sensory rearrangementVisual-target pointing experiments were performed on 24 adult volunteers in order to compare the relative effectiveness of incremental (stepwise) and single-step exposure conditions on adaptation to visual rearrangement. The differences between the preexposure and postexposure scores served as an index of the adaptation elicited during the exposure period. It is found that both single-step and stepwise exposure to visual rearrangement elicit compensatory changes in sensorimotor coordination. However, stepwise exposure, when compared to single-step exposur in terms of the average magnitude of visual displacement over the exposure period, clearly enhances the rate of adaptation. It seems possible that the enhancement of adaptation to unusual patterns of sensory stimulation produced by incremental exposure reflects a general principle of sensorimotor function.
Document ID
19780042820
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Lackner, J. R.
(Brandeis University Waltham; MIT, Cambridge, Mass., United States)
Lobovits, D. N.
(Brandeis University Waltham, Mass., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1978
Subject Category
Behavioral Sciences
Accession Number
78A26729
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-22-009-308
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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