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AUTHOR
Jean Blouin
Mise en évidence d’un phénomène de facilitation proprioceptive corticale pendant la préparation d’un pas exécuté ou imaginé
Balance control interferes with the tracing performance of a pattern with mirror-reversed vision in older persons
When tracing a template with mirror-reversed vision (or distorted vision), the sensory information arising from the movement does not match the expected sensory consequences. In such situations, participants have to learn a new visuomotor mapping in order to trace the template with an accuracy and speed approaching that observed when tracing with direct vision. There are several suggestions that such visuomotor learning requires lowering the gain of the proprioceptive inputs. Generally, subjects learn this task in a seated condition offering a stable postural platform. Adapting to the new visuomotor relationship in a standing condition could add complexity and even hinder sensorimotor adapt…