Prediction of human voluntary movement before it occurs

Corticospinal excitability in human voluntary movement

Een wetenschappelijke proeve op het gebied van de medische wetenschappen Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen op gezag van de rector magnificus prof. mr. Contents 1. General introduction 9 2. Muscle imaging: mapping responses to transcranial magnetic stimulation with high-density surface electromyography 17 3. Expectancy induces dynamic modul...

Vestibular Reafference Shapes Voluntary Movement

The vestibular organs in the inner ear are commonly thought of as sensors that serve balance, gaze control, and higher spatial functions such as navigation. Here, we investigate their role in the online control of voluntary movements. The central nervous system uses sensory feedback information during movement to detect and correct errors as they develop. Vestibular organs signal three-dimensio...

Movement Time Prediction in Human-Computer Interfaces

The prediction of movement time in human-computer interfaces as undertaken using Fitts' law is reviewed. Techniques for model building are summarized and three refinements to improve the theoretical and empirical accuracy of the law are presented. Refinements include (1) the Shannon formulation for the index of task difficulty, (2) new interpretations of "target width" for twoand three-dimensio...

Illusory causation: why it occurs.

Considerable evidence indicates that people overattribute causality to a given stimulus when it is salient or the focus of their attention--the so-called illusory-causation phenomenon. Although illusory causation has proved to be quite robust and generalizable, a compelling explanation for it has not been empirically documented. Four social-attribution studies were conducted to test the hypothe...

The Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Should It Be Mandatory or Voluntary?