creators_name: Smeets, Jeroen B.J.
creators_name: Brenner, Eli
creators_name: de Lussanet, Marc H.E.
editors_name: Bril, B.
editors_name: Ledebt, A.
editors_name: Ditrich, G.
editors_name: Roby-Brami, A.
type: confpaper
datestamp: 2000-05-18
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:53:42
metadata_visibility: show
title: Visuomotor delays when hitting running spiders.
ispublished: pub
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: neuro-physio
subjects: psy-phys
full_text_status: public
keywords: human, arm movements, delay, latency, reaction time, speed, velocity, prediction, efference copy, eye movements, smooth pursuit
abstract: In general, information about the environment (for instance a target) is not instantaneously available for the nervous system. A minimal delay for visual information to affect the movement of the hand is about 110 ms. However, if the movement of a target is predictable, humans can pursue it with zero delay. To make this prediction, information about the speed of the target is necessary. Our results show that this information is used with a delay of about 200 ms. We discuss that oculomotor efference is a likely source of information for this prediction.
date: 1998
date_type: published
publisher: Éditions EDK, Paris.
pagerange: 36-40
refereed: FALSE
citation:   Smeets, Jeroen B.J. and Brenner, Eli and de Lussanet, Marc H.E.  (1998) Visuomotor delays when hitting running spiders.  [Conference Paper]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/148/3/EWEP5%281998%291.pdf