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EMG as a key tool to assess motor lateralization and hand reaction time asymmetries

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Inconsistent and conflicting results about hand reaction time (RT) asymmetries have led to controversies over lateralization and hemispheric specialization for visuomotor transformations. In this paper, we propose a methodological solution to separate the central and peripheral processes that may be differently involved in simple visuomotor asymmetries. We provide empirical data from a simple RT task that suggests that fractionating RT into motor and premotor components with respect to a change in the electromyographic activity is necessary to disentangle motor and premotor lateralization patterns. These results call for a refinement of classical studies of visuomotor transformations using electrophysiologi-cal correlates of embedded but unrelated asymmetries rather than overt psychophysical measurements alone.

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hal-02128282 , version 1 (21-10-2019)

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Benedicte Ballanger, Philippe Boulinguez. EMG as a key tool to assess motor lateralization and hand reaction time asymmetries. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 2009, 179 (1), pp.85-89. ⟨10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.01.005⟩. ⟨hal-02128282⟩
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