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The lateralized readiness potential and response kinetics in response-time tasks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2001

J. TOBY MORDKOFF  and
MARC GROSJEAN
J. TOBY MORDKOFF
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
MARC GROSJEAN
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
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Abstract

Previous studies have found that the magnitude of the lateralized readiness potential (LRP) at the time of response initiation is constant across spontaneous variations in response time in both cued and uncued, speeded tasks. Other studies have found that the LRP is also unaffected by instructed changes in peak response force and time to peak force in cued, self-paced tasks, but that the LRP is sensitive to instructed changes in force gain rate in uncued, self-paced tasks. The present study examined the LRP in an uncued, speeded task as a function of response time and several measures of response kinetics. The magnitude of the LRP at the time of electromyographic onset was constant across spontaneous variations in all measures. The peak of the contingent negative variation did vary as a function of peak response force and integrated force to peak, but not response time. These findings support the idea that the LRP in speeded tasks is a selective, on-line index of the preparation associated with using a particular hand, and is not an index of the elements of motor programming that determine subsequent response kinetics.

Keywords

Lateralized readiness potentialResponse kineticsResponse forceResponse timeSpontaneous variations
Type
Research Article
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Psychophysiology , Volume 38 , Issue 5 , September 2001 , pp. 777 - 786
Copyright
2001 Society for Psychophysiological Research

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