Selective Reaching to Grasp: Evidence for Distractor Interference Effects
Transport and grasp kinematics were examined in a task in which subjects selectively reached to grasp a target object in the presence of non-target objects. In a variety of experiments significant interference
effects were observed in temporal parameters, such as movement time, and spatial parameters, such as path. In general, the presence of non-targets slowed down the reach. Furthermore, reach paths were affected
such that the hand veered away from near non-targets in reaches for far targets, even though the non-targets were not physical obstacles to the reaching hand. In contrast, the hand veered towards far non-targets
in near reaches. We conclude that non-targets evoke competing responses, and the inhibitory mechanisms that resolve this competition are revealed in the reach path.
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 March 1997
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