Impaired predictive motor timing in patients with cerebellar disorders
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Experimental Brain Research |
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| Citation | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00221-007-0857-8 |
| Field | Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences |
| Keywords | cerebellum- predictive motor timing- interception |
| Description | There is evidence that the cerebellum is important for the neural representation of time in a variety of behaviors including time perception. Here we investigated the performance of subjects with cerebellar disease in predictive motor timing using a task that involved mediated interception of a moving target. The subjects with cerebellar damage were significantly worse at interception than healthy controls even when we controlled for basic motor impairments such as response time. Our data suggest that subjects with damage to the cerebellum have a fundamental problem with predictive motor timing and indicate that the cerebellum plays an essential role in integrating incoming visual information with motor output when making predictions about upcoming actions. |
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