TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring the role of sensor noise in movement variability
AU - Shi, Ying
AU - Buneo, Christopher
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Numerical simulations were used to explore the consequences of a spatially non-uniform sense of hand position on arm movements in the horizontal plane. Isotropic or anisotropic position errors were introduced into several starting hand positions and the resulting errors in movement direction were quantified. Two separate simulations were performed. In one simulation planned movement directions were defined relative to the starting position of the hand. Movement errors generated in this simulation resulted from a failure to compensate for differing initial conditions. In a second simulation planned movement directions were defined by the vector joining the sensed starting position with a fixed target position. Movement errors in this simulation resulted from both uncompensated changes in initial conditions as well as errors in movement planning. In both simulations, directional error variability generally increased for starting positions closer to the body. These effects were most pronounced for the anisotropic distribution of starting positions, particularly under conditions where movements were directed toward a fixed spatial location.
AB - Numerical simulations were used to explore the consequences of a spatially non-uniform sense of hand position on arm movements in the horizontal plane. Isotropic or anisotropic position errors were introduced into several starting hand positions and the resulting errors in movement direction were quantified. Two separate simulations were performed. In one simulation planned movement directions were defined relative to the starting position of the hand. Movement errors generated in this simulation resulted from a failure to compensate for differing initial conditions. In a second simulation planned movement directions were defined by the vector joining the sensed starting position with a fixed target position. Movement errors in this simulation resulted from both uncompensated changes in initial conditions as well as errors in movement planning. In both simulations, directional error variability generally increased for starting positions closer to the body. These effects were most pronounced for the anisotropic distribution of starting positions, particularly under conditions where movements were directed toward a fixed spatial location.
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U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334096
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334096
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 19964654
AN - SCOPUS:77950968931
SN - 9781424432967
T3 - Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
SP - 4970
EP - 4973
BT - Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
Y2 - 2 September 2009 through 6 September 2009
ER -