Attentional focus modulates automatic finger-tapping movements

Abstract The majority of human behaviors are composed of automatic movements (e.g., walking or finger-tapping) which are learned during nurturing and can be performed simultaneously without interfering with other tasks. One critical and yet to be examined assumption is that the attention system has...

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Autores principales:	Xilei Zhang, Xingxun Jiang, Xiangyong Yuan, Wenming Zheng
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:35127a6e81a04bb78d29fe4c5336b1402021-12-02T14:12:42ZAttentional focus modulates automatic finger-tapping movements10.1038/s41598-020-80296-z2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/35127a6e81a04bb78d29fe4c5336b1402021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80296-zhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The majority of human behaviors are composed of automatic movements (e.g., walking or finger-tapping) which are learned during nurturing and can be performed simultaneously without interfering with other tasks. One critical and yet to be examined assumption is that the attention system has the innate capacity to modulate automatic movements. The present study tests this assumption. Setting no deliberate goals for movement, we required sixteen participants to perform personalized and well-practiced finger-tapping movements in three experiments while focusing their attention on either different component fingers or away from movements. Using cutting-edge pose estimation techniques to quantify tapping trajectory, we showed that attention to movement can disrupt movement automaticity, as indicated by decreased inter-finger and inter-trial temporal coherence; facilitate the attended and inhibit the unattended movements in terms of tapping amplitude; and re-organize the action sequence into distinctive patterns according to the focus of attention. These findings demonstrate compelling evidence that attention can modulate automatic movements and provide an empirical foundation for theories based on such modulation in controlling human behavior.Xilei ZhangXingxun JiangXiangyong YuanWenming ZhengNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
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description	Abstract The majority of human behaviors are composed of automatic movements (e.g., walking or finger-tapping) which are learned during nurturing and can be performed simultaneously without interfering with other tasks. One critical and yet to be examined assumption is that the attention system has the innate capacity to modulate automatic movements. The present study tests this assumption. Setting no deliberate goals for movement, we required sixteen participants to perform personalized and well-practiced finger-tapping movements in three experiments while focusing their attention on either different component fingers or away from movements. Using cutting-edge pose estimation techniques to quantify tapping trajectory, we showed that attention to movement can disrupt movement automaticity, as indicated by decreased inter-finger and inter-trial temporal coherence; facilitate the attended and inhibit the unattended movements in terms of tapping amplitude; and re-organize the action sequence into distinctive patterns according to the focus of attention. These findings demonstrate compelling evidence that attention can modulate automatic movements and provide an empirical foundation for theories based on such modulation in controlling human behavior.
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title	Attentional focus modulates automatic finger-tapping movements
title_short	Attentional focus modulates automatic finger-tapping movements
title_full	Attentional focus modulates automatic finger-tapping movements
title_fullStr	Attentional focus modulates automatic finger-tapping movements
title_full_unstemmed	Attentional focus modulates automatic finger-tapping movements
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publishDate	2021
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Attentional focus modulates automatic finger-tapping movements

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