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Yiasemidou M, Mushtaq F, Basheer M, Galli R, Panagiotou D, Stock S, Preston N, Mon-Williams M, Jayne DG, Miskovic D. Patient-specific mental rehearsal with three-dimensional models before low anterior resection: randomized clinical trial. BJS Open 2020. [PMCID: PMC7944490 DOI: 10.1093/bjsopen/zraa004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background It was hypothesized that preparing for a surgical procedure, taking into account individual patient characteristics, may facilitate the procedure and improve surgical quality. The aim of this study was to compare different case-specific, preoperative mental rehearsal methods before minimally invasive rectal cancer surgery. Methods In this RCT, patients were allocated in a 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 ratio to four groups: systematic mental rehearsal (SMR) using MRI scans; SMR and three-dimensional (3D) virtual models; SMR and synthetic 3D printed models; and routine practice (control group). Surgeons operating on all but the control group underwent mental rehearsal with the visual aids, including axial MRI scans of the pelvis, interactive 3D virtual models reconstructed from axial MRIs, and synthetic models, manufactured by 3D printing. Operations were video-recorded and assessed by two experts blinded to allocation using two validated scores, the Competency Assessment Tool (CAT) and Objective Clinical Human Reliability Analysis (OCHRA). The primary outcome of the study was surgical performance, measured by the CAT. Results Forty-nine patients were randomized and allocated to the four groups. There were 12 participants in each of the control, MRI and SMR, and virtual and SMR groups, whereas the SMR using physical models and simulation group included 13. No difference was observed between groups in median CAT scores (control 30.50, MRI 34.25, virtual 31.75, physical 34.00; P = 0.748, partial η2 <0.001, where pη2 is indicative of effect size) or OCHRA scores (anterior, posterior, right and left lateral planes, transection P>0.200, pη2 =0.052–0.088). Time spent not performing dissection was significantly shorter for the SMR with MRI group than for the control (57.5 versus 42 respectively; P < 0.001, pη2 =0.212). Conclusion Mental rehearsal did not affect CAT and OCHRA scores of consultant surgeons. Reference number: ISRCTN 75603704 (https://www.isrctn.com).
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- M Yiasemidou
- Leeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK
- Academic Surgery, University of Hull, Hull, UK
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- School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Pinderfields Hospital, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Wakefield, UK
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK
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- General Surgery, York Teaching Hospital, York, UK
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- General and Trauma Surgery, World Mate Emergency Hospital, Battambang, Cambodia
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- School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Leeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK
- Department of Colorectal Surgery, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, St Mark’s Hospital, Harrow, London, UK
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Mon-Williams M, Tresilian JR, Bell VE, Coppard VL, Nixdorf M, Carson RG. The Preparation of Reach-To-Grasp Movements in Adults, Children, and Children with Movement Problems. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 58:1249-63. [PMID: 16194957 DOI: 10.1080/02724980443000575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This study explored the use of advance information in the control of reach-to-grasp movements. The paradigm required participants to reach and grasp illuminated blocks with their right hand. Four target blocks were positioned on a table surface, two each side of the mid-saggital plane. In the complete precue condition, advance information precisely specified target location. In the partial precue condition, advance information indicated target location relative to the midsaggital plane (left or right). In the null condition, the advance information was entirely ambiguous. Participants produced fastest responses in the complete precue condition, intermediate response times in the partial condition, and the slowest responses in the null condition. This result was observed in adults and four groups of children including a group aged 4–6 years. In contrast, children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD, n = 11, aged 7–13 years) showed no advantage of partial precueing. Movement duration was determined by target location but was unaffected by precue condition. Movement duration was a clear function of age apart from children in the DCD group who showed equivalent movement times to those of the youngest children. These findings provide important insights into the control of reach-to-grasp movements and highlight that partial cues are exploited by children as young as 4 years but are not used in situations of abnormal development.
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Preston N, Horton M, Levesley M, Mon-Williams M, O'Connor RJ. Development of a parent-reported questionnaire evaluating upper limb activity limitation in children with cerebral palsy. Physiother Res Int 2017; 23. [PMID: 28112465 PMCID: PMC5811897 DOI: 10.1002/pri.1684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2016] [Revised: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Upper limb activity measures for children with cerebral palsy have a number of limitations, for example, lack of validity and poor responsiveness. To overcome these limitations, we developed the Children's Arm Rehabilitation Measure (ChARM), a parent-reported questionnaire validated for children with cerebral palsy aged 5-16 years. This paper describes both the development of the ChARM items and response categories and its psychometric testing and further refinement using the Rasch measurement model. METHODS To generate valid items for the ChARM, we collected goals of therapy specifically developed by therapists, children with cerebral palsy, and their parents for improving activity limitation of the upper limb. The activities, which were the focus of these goals, formed the basis for the items. Therapists typically break an activity into natural stages for the purpose of improving activity performance, and these natural orders of achievement formed each item's response options. Items underwent face validity testing with health care professionals, parents of children with cerebral palsy, academics, and lay persons. A Rasch analysis was performed on ChARM questionnaires completed by the parents of 170 children with cerebral palsy from 12 hospital paediatric services. The ChARM was amended, and the procedure repeated on 148 ChARMs (from children's mean age: 10 years and 1 month; range: 4 years and 8 months to 16 years and 11 months; 85 males; Manual Ability Classification System Levels I = 9, II = 26, III = 48, IV = 45, and V = 18). RESULTS The final 19-item unidimensional questionnaire displayed fit to the Rasch model (chi-square p = .18), excellent reliability (person separation index = 0.95, α = 0.95), and no floor or ceiling effects. Items showed no response bias for gender, distribution of impairment, age, or learning disability. DISCUSSION The ChARM is a psychometrically sound measure of upper limb activity validated for children with cerebral palsy aged 5-16 years. The ChARM is freely available for use to clinicians and nonprofit organisations.
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- N Preston
- Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- School of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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- National Demonstration Centre in Rehabilitation, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.,Academic Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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White AD, Skelton M, Mushtaq F, Pike TW, Mon-Williams M, Lodge JPA, Wilkie RM. Inconsistent reporting of minimally invasive surgery errors. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2015; 97:608-12. [PMID: 26492908 PMCID: PMC5096613 DOI: 10.1308/rcsann.2015.0038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is a complex task requiring dexterity and high level cognitive function. Unlike surgical 'never events', potentially important (and frequent) manual or cognitive slips ('technical errors') are underresearched. Little is known about the occurrence of routine errors in MIS, their relationship to patient outcome, and whether they are reported accurately and/or consistently. METHODS An electronic survey was sent to all members of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, gathering demographic information, experience and reporting of MIS errors, and a rating of factors affecting error prevalence. RESULTS Of 249 responses, 203 completed more than 80% of the questions regarding the surgery they had performed in the preceding 12 months. Of these, 47% reported a significant error in their own performance and 75% were aware of a colleague experiencing error. Technical skill, knowledge, situational awareness and decision making were all identified as particularly important for avoiding errors in MIS. Reporting of errors was variable: 15% did not necessarily report an intraoperative error to a patient while 50% did not consistently report at an institutional level. Critically, 12% of surgeons were unaware of the procedure for reporting a technical error and 59% felt guidance is needed. Overall, 40% believed a confidential reporting system would increase their likelihood of reporting an error. CONCLUSION These data indicate inconsistent reporting of operative errors, and highlight the need to better understand how and why technical errors occur in MIS. A confidential 'no blame' reporting system might help improve patient outcomes and avoid a closed culture that can undermine public confidence.
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- A D White
- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust , UK
- University of Leeds , UK
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- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust , UK
- University of Leeds , UK
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Snapp-Childs W, Flatters I, Fath A, Mon-Williams M, Bingham G. Training of compliance control in children yields improvements in handwriting. J Vis 2013. [DOI: 10.1167/13.9.489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mon-Williams M, Raw R, Allen R, Wilkie R. Does better performance mean better learning in visuomotor tasks? J Vis 2013. [DOI: 10.1167/13.9.743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Gencer E, Snapp-Childs W, Mon-Williams M, Bingham G. Reaching With Altered-Grip-Spans: How Altering Effectivities (But Not Affordances) Influences Behavior. J Vis 2013. [DOI: 10.1167/13.9.748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Giles OT, Sutherland R, White AD, Lodge JP, Mon-Williams M, Wilkie RM. Using multiple ports to learn visuomotor transformations could reduce the risk of human error in laparoscopic surgery. J Vis 2013. [DOI: 10.1167/13.9.485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Hill LJB, Williams JHG, Aucott L, Mon-Williams M. The development of a novel visuo-motor task for measuring visual attention. J Vis 2013. [DOI: 10.1167/13.9.939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mushtaq F, Wilkie R, Mon-Williams M, Schaefer A. ERPs suggest that visual feedback processing in decision-making is modulated by subjective perception of outcome. J Vis 2013. [DOI: 10.1167/13.9.890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Flatters IJ, Culmer P, Wilkie RM, Mon-Williams M. The relationship between postural stability, head movements and visuomotor performance in children aged 3-11 years. J Vis 2013. [DOI: 10.1167/13.9.732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Snapp-Childs W, Coats R, Pan JS, Mon-Williams M, Bingham GP. Intrinsic scaling of reaches-to-grasp predicted by affordance-based model: Testing men and women with large and small grip spans. J Vis 2011. [DOI: 10.1167/11.11.973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Wilkie R, Raw R, Kountouriotis G, Mon-Williams M. Age differences negotiating paths of different widths at different speeds: does old age mean "middle of the road"? J Vis 2011. [DOI: 10.1167/11.11.916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Rossiter A, Brierley E, Lawton R, Wilkie R, Mon-Williams M. Preventing falls in older adults: understanding postural instability under increasing visual-motor demands. J Vis 2011. [DOI: 10.1167/11.11.948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Gonzalez C, Mon-Williams M, Burke M. Eye And Hand Coordination: Comparing Effects Of Age On Performance. J Vis 2011. [DOI: 10.1167/11.11.554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Johnson R, Wilkie R, Burke M, Mon-Williams M. Learning to stop looking at the task in hand. J Vis 2011. [DOI: 10.1167/11.11.974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Culmer PR, Jackson AE, Makower SG, Cozens JA, Levesley MC, Mon-Williams M, Bhakta B. A novel robotic system for quantifying arm kinematics and kinetics: description and evaluation in therapist-assisted passive arm movements post-stroke. J Neurosci Methods 2011; 197:259-69. [PMID: 21414360 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Revised: 03/01/2011] [Accepted: 03/04/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We developed a system for quantitatively measuring arm movement. Our approach provides a method to simultaneously capture upper limb kinetic and kinematic data during assisted passive arm movements. Data are analysed with respect to Cartesian and upper limb coordinate systems to obtain upper limb joint angles and torques. We undertook an evaluation of the system in participants with stroke to show the feasibility of this approach. During rehabilitation after stroke, one aspect of treatment includes the physiotherapist applying assistive forces to move the impaired arm of the patient who remains passive. There is a dearth of published data on the relationship between upper limb kinematics and the underlying forces (kinetics) in this mode of physiotherapy treatment. Such quantitative data are crucial in facilitating research into therapy practice, for example by measuring variation in practice and determining dosage. An experienced therapist prescribed passive movements tailored to the needs of 16 participants with stroke (41-81 years) with a range of anthropometric sizes and motor impairments. Our novel measurement tool recorded kinematic and kinetic data at 100 Hz for 6-11 movements per participant. The kinetic data show that the majority of movements fall within upper limits of 36.7 N in shoulder elevation, 22.4N in shoulder protraction, 4.6 Nm in shoulder abduction, 12.8 Nm in shoulder flexion, 2.4 Nm in shoulder rotation and 5.5 Nm in elbow flexion. These data show the potential of this system to better understand arm movement, in particular to objectively evaluate physical therapy treatments and support development of robotic devices to facilitate upper limb rehabilitation.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, West Yorks, UK.
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Gonzalez C, Anderson J, Culmer P, Burke MR, Mon-Williams M, Wilkie RM. Is tracing or copying better when learning to reproduce a pattern? Exp Brain Res 2010; 208:459-65. [PMID: 21069306 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2482-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2010] [Accepted: 10/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- C Gonzalez
- Institute of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Sheehan S, Bingham GP, Mon-Williams M. Task space calibration in Cartesian coordinates. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/8.6.481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Wilson A, van Bergen E, van Swieten L, Kent S, Mon-Williams M. Perceptual and performance biases in action selection. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/8.6.609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mon-Williams M, Bingham GP. Calibration of grasp orientation (and 'wiggle-room' for errors in object orientation perception). J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/8.6.301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Charles J, Kent S, Jansson E, Mon-Williams M. Visible surface area and prehension movement patterns. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/8.6.304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Bingham G, Lee Y, Mon-Williams M. Large perspective changes (>45 ) allow metric shape perception used to guide grasping. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/9.8.1109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mon-Williams M, Murphy S, Hibbard P. The tactics and timing of smooth corrections in human arm movements. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/3.9.388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mulroue A, Mon-Williams M, Williams JH. Patterns of developmental advancement in visually-controlled goal directed action. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/5.8.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Irwin K, Jones BC, DeBruine LM, Williams JH, Mon-Williams M. 'reading' dynamic facial expression in autistic spectrum disorder. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/5.8.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Henderson L, Williams JH, Mon-Williams M. The visual control of goal directed action in developmental co-ordination disorder. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/5.8.364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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White SR, Williams JH, Jones BC, DeBruine LM, Mon-Williams M. Patterns of developmental advancement in 'reading' dynamic facial expression. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/5.8.48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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McGinty PJR, DeBruine LM, Williams JH, Jones BC, Mon-Williams M. Interpreting facial expression following alcohol consumption. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/5.8.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Bingham GP, Mon-Williams M, Jarrahi B, Vinner R. Cue use under full cue conditions cannot be inferred from use under controlled conditions. J Vis 2010. [DOI: 10.1167/5.8.405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Tresilian JR, Mon-Williams M, Coppard VL, Carson RG. Developmental changes in the response to obstacles during prehension. J Mot Behav 2005; 37:103-10. [PMID: 15730944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Adults are proficient at reaching to grasp objects of interest in a cluttered workspace. The issue of concern, obstacle avoidance, was studied in 3 groups of young children aged 11-12, 9-10, and 7-8 years (n=6 in each) and in 6 adults aged 18-24 years. Adults slowed their movements and decreased their maximum grip aperture when an obstacle was positioned close to a target object (the effect declined as the distance between target and obstacle increased). The children showed the same pattern, but the magnitude of the effect was quite different. In contrast to the adults, the obstacle continued to have a large effect when it was some distance from the target (and provided no physical obstruction to movement).
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- Perception and Motor Systems Laboratory, School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Ross S, Mon-Williams M. The development of prehension in normal and special need populations. J Vis 2004. [DOI: 10.1167/4.8.407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Bingham GP, Mon-Williams M. Visually guided reaching allows both slope and intercept of distance functions to be recalibrated without awareness. J Vis 2004. [DOI: 10.1167/4.8.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Hakim C, Bingham GP, Mon-Williams M. Limitations of visual attention yield a mode change from simultaneous to sequential bimanual coordination. J Vis 2004. [DOI: 10.1167/4.8.408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Livingstone L, Williams J, Mon-Williams M. Interceptive timing in children with autistic spectrum disorders. J Vis 2004. [DOI: 10.1167/4.8.846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Rachel C, Mon-Williams M, Bingham GP. Differences between natural and unnatural prehension are not inevitable if calibration is allowed. J Vis 2004. [DOI: 10.1167/4.8.406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Riek S, Tresilian JR, Mon-Williams M, Coppard VL, Carson RG. Bimanual aiming and overt attention: one law for two hands. Exp Brain Res 2003; 153:59-75. [PMID: 12923603 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1581-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2002] [Accepted: 06/25/2003] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Reaching to interact with an object requires a compromise between the speed of the limb movement and the required end-point accuracy. The time it takes one hand to move to a target in a simple aiming task can be predicted reliably from Fitts' law, which states that movement time is a function of a combined measure of amplitude and accuracy constraints (the index of difficulty, ID). It has been assumed previously that Fitts' law is violated in bimanual aiming movements to targets of unequal ID. We present data from two experiments to show that this assumption is incorrect: if the attention demands of a bimanual aiming task are constant then the movements are well described by a Fitts' law relationship. Movement time therefore depends not only on ID but on other task conditions, which is a basic feature of Fitts' law. In a third experiment we show that eye movements are an important determinant of the attention demands in a bimanual aiming task. The results from the third experiment extend the findings of the first two experiments and show that bimanual aiming often relies on the strategic co-ordination of separate actions into a seamless behaviour. A number of the task specific strategies employed by the adult human nervous system were elucidated in the third experiment. The general strategic pattern observed in the hand trajectories was reflected by the pattern of eye movements recorded during the experiment. The results from all three experiments demonstrate that eye movements must be considered as an important constraint in bimanual aiming tasks.
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- S Riek
- School of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland, 4072 St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
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Stanger S, Gray LS, Mon-Williams M. Oculomotor adaptations produced by virtual reality environments. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 2002. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2002.00086_17.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which adults with Down syndrome (DS) are able to utilise advance information to prepare reach to grasp movements. The study comprised ten adults with DS; ten children matched to an individual in the group with DS on the basis of their intellectual ability, and twelve adult controls. The participants used their right hand to reach out and grasp illuminated perspex blocks. Four target blocks were positioned on a table surface, two to each side of the midsagittal plane. In the complete precue condition, participants were provided with information specifying the location of the target. In the partial precue condition, participants were given advance information indicating the location of the object relative to the midsagittal plane (left or right). In the null condition, advance information concerning the position of the target object was entirely ambiguous. It was found that both reaction times and movement times were greater for the participants with DS than for the adults without DS. The reaction times exhibited by individuals with DS in the complete precue condition were lower than those observed in the null condition, indicating that they had utilised advance information to prepare their movements. In the group with DS, when advance information specified only the location of the target object relative to the midline, reaction times were equivalent to those obtained when ambiguous information was given. In contrast, the adults without DS exhibited reaction times that were lower in both the complete and partial precue conditions when compared to the null condition. The pattern of results exhibited by the children was similar to that of the adults without DS. The movement times exhibited by all groups were not influenced by the precue condition. In summary, our findings indicate that individuals with DS are able to use advance information if it specifies precisely the location of the target object in order to prepare a reach to grasp movement. The group with DS were unable, however, to obtain the normal advantage of advance information specifying only one dimension of the movement goal (i.e., the position of an object relative to the body midline).
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- M Mon-Williams
- School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JU, UK
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Reaching out to grasp an object (prehension) is a deceptively elegant and skilled behavior. The movement prior to object contact can be described as having two components, the movement of the hand to an appropriate location for gripping the object, the "transport" component, and the opening and closing of the aperture between the fingers as they prepare to grip the target, the "grasp" component. The grasp component is sensitive to the size of the object, so that a larger grasp aperture is formed for wider objects; the maximum grasp aperture (MGA) is a little wider than the width of the target object and occurs later in the movement for larger objects. We present a simple model that can account for the temporal relationship between the transport and grasp components. We report the results of an experiment providing empirical support for our "rule of thumb." The model provides a simple, but plausible, account of a neural control strategy that has been the center of debate over the last two decades.
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- M Mon-Williams
- School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9JU, Scotland, St. Andrews, United Kingdom.
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Mon-Williams M, McIntosh RD, Milner AD. Vertical gaze angle as a distance cue for programming reaching: insights from visual form agnosia II (of III). Exp Brain Res 2001; 139:137-42. [PMID: 11497054 DOI: 10.1007/s002210000658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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It has been shown that a patient with visual form agnosia (DF) relies predominantly on vergence information when gauging target distance in an open-loop pointing task. This finding suggested that the programming of prehension might be severely disrupted if DF viewed target objects through ophthalmic prisms. An initial experiment showed that this prediction was not upheld; DF was able to programme reasonably accurate movements to objects located on a tabletop despite large changes in vergence angle. A second experiment, however, showed that placing the target objects at eye height whilst manipulating vergence angle caused gross disruption to prehension, with DF mis-programming the reach component in a predictable manner. Notably, the evidence for DF's reliance on vergence distance information was obtained in a task where the targets were viewed at eye height. These experiments indicate that DF uses vertical gaze angle to gauge target distance in normal prehension and suggest that this extra-retinal cue may be a useful source of distance information for the human nervous system, especially where pictorial cues are impoverished.
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- M Mon-Williams
- School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, Fife, UK.
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The human nervous system constructs a Euclidean representation of near (personal) space by combining multiple sources of information (cues). We investigated the cues used for the representation of personal space in a patient with visual form agnosia (DF). Our results indicated that DF relies predominantly on binocular vergence information when determining the distance of a target despite the presence of other (retinal) cues. Notably, DF was able to construct an Euclidean representation of personal space from vergence alone. This finding supports previous assertions that vergence provides the nervous system with veridical information for the construction of personal space. The results from the current study, together with those of others, suggest that: (i) the ventral stream is responsible for extracting depth and distance information from "monocular" retinal cues (i.e. from shading, texture, perspective) and (ii) the dorsal stream has access to binocular information (from horizontal image disparities and vergence). These results also indicate that DF was not able to use size information to gauge target distance, suggesting that intact temporal cortex is necessary for "learned size" to influence distance processing. Our findings further suggest that in neurologically intact humans, object information extracted in the ventral pathway is combined with the products of dorsal stream processing for guiding prehension. Finally, we studied the "size-distance paradox" in visual form agnosia in order to explore the cognitive use of size information. The results of this experiment were consistent with a previous suggestion that the paradox is a cognitive phenomenon.
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- M Mon-Williams
- School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland.
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Wann JP, Mon-Williams M, McIntosh RD, Smyth M, Milner AD. The role of size and binocular information in guiding reaching: insights from virtual reality and visual form agnosia III (of III). Exp Brain Res 2001; 139:143-50. [PMID: 11497055 DOI: 10.1007/s002210000654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Reaching out to grasp an object requires information about the size of the object and the distance between the object and the body. We used a virtual reality system with a control population and a patient with visual form agnosia (DF) in order to explore the use of binocular information and size cues in prehension. The experiments consisted of a perceptual matching task in addition to a prehension task. In the prehension task, control participants modified their reach distance in response to step changes in vergence in the absence of any clear reference for relative disparity. Their reach distance was unaffected by equivalent step changes in size, even though they used this information to modify grasp and showed a size bias in a distance matching task. Notably, DF showed the same pattern of results as the controls but was far more sensitive to step changes in vergence. This finding complements previous research suggesting that DF relies predominantly on vergence information when gauging target distance. The results from the perceptual matching tasks confirmed previous findings suggesting that DF is unable to make use of size information for perceptual matching, including distance comparisons. These data are discussed with regard to the properties of the pathways subserving the two visual cortical processing streams.
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- J P Wann
- Department of Psychology, University of Reading, UK
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Numerous everyday tasks require the nervous system to program a prehensile movement towards a target object positioned in a cluttered environment. Adult humans are extremely proficient in avoiding contact with any non-target objects (obstacles) whilst carrying out such movements. A number of recent studies have highlighted the importance of considering the control of reach-to-grasp (prehension) movements in the presence of such obstacles. The current study was constructed with the aim of beginning the task of studying the relative impact on prehension as the position of obstacles is varied within the workspace. The experimental design ensured that the obstacles were positioned within the workspace in locations where they did not interfere physically with the path taken by the hand when no obstacle was present. In all positions, the presence of an obstacle caused the hand to slow down and the maximum grip aperture to decrease. Nonetheless, the effect of the obstacle varied according to its position within the workspace. In the situation where an obstacle was located a small distance to the right of a target object, the obstacle showed a large effect on maximum grip aperture but a relatively small effect on movement time. In contrast, an object positioned in front and to the right of a target object had a large effect on movement speed but a relatively small effect on maximum grip aperture. It was found that the presence of two obstacles caused the system to decrease further the movement speed and maximum grip aperture. The position of the two obstacles dictated the extent to which their presence affected the movement parameters. These results show that the anticipated likelihood of a collision with potential obstacles affects the planning of movement duration and maximum grip aperture in prehension.
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- M Mon-Williams
- School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9JU, Scotland, UK.
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One possible source of information regarding the distance of a fixated target is provided by the height of the object within the visual scene. It is accepted that this cue can provide ordinal information, but generally it has been assumed that the nervous system cannot extract "absolute" information from height-in-scene. In order to use height-in-scene, the nervous system would need to be sensitive to ocular position with respect to the head and to head orientation with respect to the shoulders (i.e. vertical gaze angle or VGA). We used a perturbation technique to establish whether the nervous system uses vertical gaze angle as a distance cue. Vertical gaze angle was perturbed using ophthalmic prisms with the base oriented either up or down. In experiment 1, participants were required to carry out an open-loop pointing task whilst wearing: (1) no prisms; (2) a base-up prism; or (3) a base-down prism. In experiment 2, the participants reached to grasp an object under closed-loop viewing conditions whilst wearing: (1) no prisms; (2) a base-up prism; or (3) a base-down prism. Experiment 1 and 2 provided clear evidence that the human nervous system uses vertical gaze angle as a distance cue. It was found that the weighting attached to VGA decreased with increasing target distance. The weighting attached to VGA was also affected by the discrepancy between the height of the target, as specified by all other distance cues, and the height indicated by the initial estimate of the position of the supporting surface. We conclude by considering the use of height-in-scene information in the perception of surface slant and highlight some of the complexities that must be involved in the computation of environmental layout.
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- P L Gardner
- School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
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We used a perturbation technique to quantify the contribution of visual size cues to the programming of target force when lifting an object. Our results indicate that the nervous system attaches a reasonable weight to visual size cues when programming the target grip force for a novel object. In a subsequent lift of the same object, however, the confidence attached to the visual size cue fell dramatically. It is not clear whether the decrease in the use of size information was accelerated by the presence of a cue conflict or whether the fall represents the normal shift towards the use of a memory-based representation for programming grip force. In a second experiment, we used the "size-weight illusion" to explore the relationship between the verbal report of an object's weight and the programming of the grip and load force. We found that erroneous motor programming (as indexed by a number of measures) was neither necessary nor sufficient for the size-weight illusion to occur. These findings call for a re-evaluation of a previous explanation for the size-weight illusion. We suggest that the illusion arises because the cognitive system attempts to rationalise the fact that objects of apparently equal density but different size feel as if they have the same weight.
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- M Mon-Williams
- School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JU, Scotland.
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