Sentences with phrase «corresponding hand shape»
«We found two mostly separate populations of neurons in the PPC that show either visual responses or motor - imagery responses during the task, the former when Erik identified a cue and the latter when he imagined performing a corresponding hand shape,» says Andersen.
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The image was followed by a blank screen, and then text appeared instructing Sorto to imagine making the corresponding hand shape with his right hand — a fist for the rock, an open hand for paper, a scissors gesture for scissors, a pinch for the lizard, and a spherical shape (loosely analogous to the Vulcan salute) for Spock — and to say which visual image he had seen, as the neuroprosthetic device recorded the activity of neurons in the PPC.
Not exact matches
The researchers discovered that individual neurons in the PPC also responded to hand shapes that did not directly correspond to a grasp - related visual stimulus.