Automatic avoidance of obstacles is a dorsal stream function: evidence from optic ataxia

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作者
Schindler, I
Rice, NJ
McIntosh, RD
Rossetti, Y
Vighetto, A
Milner, AD
机构
[1] Univ Durham, Wolfson Res Inst, Dept Psychol, Stockton On Tees TS17 6BH, England
[2] Univ Lyon 1, INSERM, UMR 534, Bron, France
[3] IFNL, INSERM, Lyon, France
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英国医学研究理事会;
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10.1038/nn1273
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
When we reach out to pick something up, our arm is directed to the target by visuomotor networks in the cortical dorsal stream. However, our reach trajectories are influenced also by nontarget objects, which might be construed as potential obstacles. We tested two patients with bilateral dorsal-stream (parietal lesions, both of whom were impaired at pointing to visual stimuli (optic ataxia). We asked them to reach between two cylinders, which varied in location from trial to trial. We found that the patients' reaches remained invariant with changes in obstacle location. In a control task when they were asked to point midway between the two objects, however, their responses shifted in an orderly fashion. We conclude that the dorsal stream provides the visual guidance we automatically build into our movements to avoid potential obstacles, as well as that required to ensure arrival at the target.
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