Transformation
Process of the Visuomotor Memory Representation of a Target in
Far Space After Body Rotation
C. Yoshida & T. Inui |
We
examined the transformation process of visuomotor memory representation
in far space, We conducted two experiments in which participants
were asked to memorize target locations and, after a short delay,
to point to the memorized target after body rotation to particular
angles. The results were that (1) after body rotation, participants
pointed to the locations displaced toward the body position before,
not after, rotation, and the magnitude of the displacement increased
as the rotational angle of the body increased, and (2) that participants
reproduced the memorized space for painting as shrunken after body
rotation, and the ratio of reproduction decreased as the rotational
angle of the body increased, to approximately 90% and 45% of the
original space after 10-deg and 140-deg body rotation, respectively.
We concluded that the effect of body rotation on the body-centered
spatial representation and the compensative contribution of the environment-centered
spatial representation in transforming the spatial memory after body
rotation is considerable, Key words: spatial memory, body-centered coordinate system, environment-centered coordinate system, pointing, body rotation |