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The Journal of Neuroscience, September 15, 1998, 18(18):7511-7518
Predicting the Consequences of Our Own Actions: The Role of
Sensorimotor Context Estimation
Sarah J.
Blakemore,
Susan J.
Goodbody, and
Daniel M.
Wolpert
Sobell Department of Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurology,
University College London, London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom
During self-generated movement it is postulated that an efference
copy of the descending motor command, in conjunction with an internal
model of both the motor system and environment, enables us to predict
the consequences of our own actions (; ;
; ). Such a prediction is evident in the
precise anticipatory modulation of grip force seen when one hand pushes
on an object gripped in the other hand (;
). Here we show that self-generation is not in
itself sufficient for such a prediction. We used two robots to simulate
virtual objects held in one hand and acted on by the other. Precise
predictive grip force modulation of the restraining hand was highly
dependent on the sensory feedback to the hand producing the load. The
results show that predictive modulation requires not only that the
movement is self-generated, but also that the efference copy and
sensory feedback are consistent with a specific context; in this case, the manipulation of a single object. We propose a novel computational mechanism whereby the CNS uses multiple internal models, each corresponding to a different sensorimotor context, to estimate the
probability that the motor system is acting within each context.
Key words:
internal model; forward models; prediction; grip force; virtual reality; bimanual coordination
Copyright © 1998 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/98/18187511-08$05.00/0
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