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Critical Motor Involvement in Prediction of Human and Non-biological Motion Trajectories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2017

Matthieu M. de Wit  and
Laurel J. Buxbaum
Matthieu M. de Wit*
Affiliation:
Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Laurel J. Buxbaum
Affiliation:
Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to: Matthieu M. de Wit, Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute, 50 Township Line Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027. E-mail: dewit.matthieu@gmail.com
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Abstract

Objectives: Adaptive interaction with the environment requires the ability to predict both human and non-biological motion trajectories. Prior accounts of the neurocognitive basis for prediction of these two motion classes may generally be divided into those that posit that non-biological motion trajectories are predicted using the same motor planning and/or simulation mechanisms used for human actions, and those that posit distinct mechanisms for each. Using brain lesion patients and healthy controls, this study examined critical neural substrates and behavioral correlates of human and non-biological motion prediction. Methods: Twenty-seven left hemisphere stroke patients and 13 neurologically intact controls performed a visual occlusion task requiring prediction of pantomimed tool use, real tool use, and non-biological motion videos. Patients were also assessed with measures of motor strength and speed, praxis, and action recognition. Results: Prediction impairment for both human and non-biological motion was associated with limb apraxia and, weakly, with the severity of motor production deficits, but not with action recognition ability. Furthermore, impairment for human and non-biological motion prediction was equivalently associated with lesions in the left inferior parietal cortex, left dorsal frontal cortex, and the left insula. Conclusions: These data suggest that motor planning mechanisms associated with specific loci in the sensorimotor network are critical for prediction of spatiotemporal trajectory information characteristic of both human and non-biological motions. (JINS, 2017, 23, 171–184)

Keywords

SimulationMotor planningLimb apraxiaHemiparesisForward modelPremotorParietalInsulaDomain-specificDomain-generalBiological motion
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Research Articles
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 23 , Special Issue 2: Special Issue: Motor Cognition , February 2017 , pp. 171 - 184
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Copyright © The International Neuropsychological Society 2017 

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