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EEG correlates of coordinate processing during intermanual transfer

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Goal-directed movements require mapping of target information to patterns of muscular activation. While visually acquired information about targets is initially encoded in extrinsic, object-centered coordinates, muscular activation patterns are encoded in intrinsic, body-related coordinates. Intermanual transfer of movements previously learned with one hand is accomplished by the recall of unmodified extrinsic coordinates if the task is performed in original orientation. Intrinsic coordinates are retrieved in case of mirror-reversed orientation. In contrast, learned extrinsic coordinates are modified during the mirror movement and intrinsic coordinates during the originally oriented task. To investigate the neural processes of recall and modification, electroencephalogram (EEG) recording was employed during the performance of a figure drawing task previously trained with the right hand in humans. The figure was reproduced with the right hand (Learned-task) and with the left hand in original (Normal-task) and mirror orientations (Mirror-task). Prior to movement onset, beta-power and alpha- and beta-coherence decreased during the Normal-task as compared with the Learned-task. Negative amplitudes over fronto-central sites during the Normal-task exceeded amplitudes manifested during the Learned-task. In comparison to the Learned-task, coherences between fronto-parietal sites increased during the Mirror-task. Results indicate that intrinsic coordinates are processed during the pre-movement period. During the Normal-task, modification of intrinsic coordinates was revealed by cerebral activation. Decreased coherences appeared to reflect suppressed inter-regional information flow associated with utilization of intrinsic coordinates. During the Mirror-task, modification of extrinsic coordinates induced activation of cortical networks.

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We gratefully thank Jürgen Dax for assisting in the analysis of the behavioral data. This research was supported by a grant from the Volkswagen-Stiftung (junior research group ‘Cortical reorganization and learning’, AZ I/73035) and by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 550/C6).

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    Christoph Braun

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    Regine K. Lange, Ben Godde & Christoph Braun

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Lange, R.K., Godde, B. & Braun, C. EEG correlates of coordinate processing during intermanual transfer. Exp Brain Res 159, 161–171 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-004-1942-x

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