On the regularity of preparatory activity preceding movements with the dominant and non-dominant hand: A readiness potential study

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-131

  Dirnberger, Georg ^a   Duregger, Cornelia ^a   Lindinger, Gerald ^a   Lang, Wilfried ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Action control; Hand dominance; Mental chronometry; Movement related cortical potential; Single trial; Voluntary action

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960426663     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Annett M. Left, right, hand and brain: the right shift theory 1985, Erlbaum, London.
2. Baba Y., Asano T., Nakamura S., Ohmoto T. Readiness potentials recorded from the scalp and depth leads. Applied Neurophysiology 1976, 39:268-271.
3. Babiloni C., Carducci F., Del Gratta C., Demartin M., Romani G.L., Babiloni F., Rossini P.M. Hemispherical asymmetry in human SMA during voluntary simple unilateral movements. Cortex 2003, 39:293-305.
4. Bakeman R., McArthur D. Determining the power of multiple regression analyses both with and without repeated measures. Behavioral Research Methods, Instruments and Computers 1999, 31:150-154.
5. Bashore T., McCarthy G., Heffley E., Clapman R., Donchin E. Is handwriting posture associated with differences in motor control? An analysis of asymmetries in the readiness potential. Neuropsychologia 1982, 20:327-346.
6. Birbaumer N., Elbert T., Canavan A., Rockstroh B. Slow potentials of the cerebral cortex and behaviour. Physiological Reviews 1990, 70:1-41.
7. Brunia C.H. Movement and stimulus preceding negativity. Biological Psychology 1988, 26:165-178.
8. Chatrian G., Lettich E., Nelson P. Ten percent electrode system for topographic studies of spontaneous and evoked EEG activities. The American Journal of EEG Technology 1985, 25:83-92.
9. Damen E., Freude G., Brunia C.H.M. The differential effects of extremity and movement side on the scalp distribution of the readiness potential (RP) and the stimulus-preceding negativity (SPN). Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 1996, 9:508-516.
10. Deecke L., Scheid P., Kornhuber H. Distribution of readiness potential, pre-motion positivity, and motor potential of the human cerebral cortex preceding voluntary finger movements. Experimental Brain Research 1969, 7:158-168.
11. Dirnberger G. Hypochondriasis and the self-perception of handedness. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology 2008, 21:77-82.
12. Dirnberger, G., in press. Handedness is modulated by sex and self-perception. Laterality.
13. Dirnberger G., Duregger C., Trettler E., Lindinger G., Lang W. Fatigue in a repetitive simple motor task: a combined electrophysiological and neuropsychological study. Brain Research 2004, 1028:26-30.
14. Dirnberger G., Lang W., Lindinger G. A new method to determine variability in the period of pre-movement electroencephalographic activity. International Journal of Psychophysiology 2008, 70:165-170.
15. Freude G., Ullsperger P., Erdmann U. Slow brain potentials in a visual monitoring task. International Journal of Psychophysiology 1999, 33:231-241.
16. Kawashima R., Yamada K., Kinomura S., Yamaguchi T., Matsui H., Yoshioka S., Fukuda H. Regional cerebral blood flow changes of cortical motor areas and prefrontal areas in humans related to ipsilateral and contralateral hand movement. Brain Research 1993, 623:33-40.
17. Kim S., Ashe J., Hendrich K., Ellermann J., Merkle H., Ugurbil K., Georgopoulos A. Functional magnetic resonance imaging of motor cortex: hemispheric asymmetry and handedness. Science 1993, 261:615-617.
18. Klein S.A. Libet's temporal anomalies: a reassessment of the data. Consciousness and Cognition 2002, 11:198-214.
19. Libet B. Mind time: the temporal factor in consciousness 2004, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MS.
20. Libet B., Gleason C.A., Wright E., Pearl D. Time of conscious intention to act in relation to onset of cerebral activity (readiness-potential). Brain 1983, 106:623-642.
21. Maier M., Hepp-Reymond M. EMG activation patterns during force production in precision grip. Experimental Brain Research 1995, 103:108-122.
22. Oda S., Moritani T. Movement-related cortical potentials during handgrip contractions with special reference to force and electromyogram bilateral deficit. European Journal of Applied Physiology 1995, 72:1-5.
23. Oldfield R.C. The assessment and analysis of handedness: the Edinburgh inventory. Neuropsychologia 1971, 9:97-113.
24. Press W.H., Teukolsky S., Vetterling W., Flannery B. Numerical recipes in C++ 2002, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
25. Rosenthal D. The timing of conscious states. Consciousness and Cognition 2002, 11:215-220.
26. Trevena J.A., Miller J. Cortical movement preparation before and after a conscious decision to move. Consciousness and Cognition 2002, 11:162-190.
27. Walsh E., Kühn S., Brass M., Wenke D., Haggard P. EEG activations during intentional inhibition of voluntary action: an electrophysiological correlate of self-control?. Neuropsychologia 2010, 48:619-626.