Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

The neural foundations of handedness: insights from a rare case of deafferentation

2020; American Physiological Society; Volume: 124; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1152/jn.00150.2020

ISSN

1522-1598

Autores

Shanie A. L. Jayasinghe, Fabrice R. Sarlegna, Robert A. Scheidt, Robert L. Sainburg,

Tópico(s)

Action Observation and Synchronization

Resumo

The role of proprioceptive feedback on the lateralization of motor control mechanisms is unclear. We examined upper limb kinematics in a rare case of peripheral deafferentation to determine the role of sensory information in integrating motor control mechanisms from each hemisphere. Our empirical findings and computational simulations showed that the loss of somatosensory information results in an impaired integration of control mechanisms, thus providing support for a complementary dominance hypothesis of handedness.

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