Author ORCID Identifier
Stergiou - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9737-9939
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-11-2018
Abstract
We explored the coupling of gaze and postural sway to the motion of a visual stimulus, to further understand sensorimotor coordination. Visual stimuli consisted of a horizontally oscillating red dot, moving with periodic (sine), chaotic, or aperiodic (brown noise) temporal structure. Cross Recurrence Quantification Analysis (cRQA) was used to investigate the coupling between each measured signal with the time series of the visual stimulus position. The cRQA parameter of percent determinism indicated similar strength of coupling of gaze with either periodic or chaotic motion structures, yet weaker coupling to aperiodic stimulus motion. The cRQA parameter of Maxline indicated a particular affinity toward chaotic motion. Analysis of postural coupling supports the idea that the complex periodicity of body sway affords interactivity with non-simple environmental dynamics. These results collectively strengthen the argument that chaos is an invariant and beneficial feature of biological motion, a feature which may be critical for immediate and robust coordination of the self with the environment and other environmental agents.
Journal Title
Frontiers in Physiology
Volume
9
Recommended Citation
Haworth, J. & Stergiou, N. (2018, October 11). Orderliness of visual stimulus motion mediates sensorimotor coordination. Frontiers in Physiology, 9. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01441
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Comments
This is an article first published by Frontier Media in the Frontiers in Physiology on October 11, 2018 and can be accessed at doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01441
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