The publications listed here have used the PLATO spectacles for investigating topics related to (among other things) motor control.
Bested, S. R., De Grosbois, J., Crainic, V. A., & Tremblay, L. (2019). The influence of robotic guidance on error detection and correction mechanisms. Human Movement Science, 66, 124–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2019.03.009
Blinch, J., Trovinger, C., DeWinne, C. R., De Cellio Martins, G., Ifediora, C. N., Nourollahimoghadam, M., Harry, J. R., & Palmer, T. B. (2023). Tradeoffs of estimating reaction time with absolute and relative thresholds. Behavior Research Methods, 56(5), 4695–4715. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02211-4
Bolton, D. A. E., Cole, D. M., Butler, B., Mansour, M., Rydalch, G., McDannald, D. W., & Schwartz, S. E. (2019). Motor preparation for compensatory reach-to-grasp responses when viewing a wall-mounted safety handle. Cortex, 117, 135–146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2019.03.001
Bolton, D. A. E., Schwartz, S. E., Mansour, M., Rydalch, G., & McDannald, D. W. (2019). Priming of grasping muscles when viewing a safety handle is diminished with age. Maturitas, 121, 7–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2018.12.005
Buckley, J. G., Pacey, I. E., Panesar, G. K., Scally, A., & Barrett, B. T. (2015). Prehension of a Flanked Target in Individuals With Amblyopia. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 56(12), 7568. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.15-16860
Buekers, M. J., & Helsen, W. F. (2000). Vision and Laterality: Does Occlusion Disclose a Feedback Processing Advantage for the Right Hand System? Cortex, 36(4), 507–519. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70535-5
Burkitt, J. J., Staite, V., Yeung, A., Elliott, D., & Lyons, J. L. (2015). Effector mass and trajectory optimization in the online regulation of goal-directed movement. Experimental Brain Research, 233(4), 1097–1107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-014-4191-7
Campbell, J., Rossit, S., & Heath, M. (2019). No Vertical Visual Field Asymmetry in Online Control: Evidence from Reaching in Depth. Motor Control, 23(2), 171–188. https://doi.org/10.1123/mc.2017-0095
Cattaneo, L., Voss, M., Brochier, T., Prabhu, G., Wolpert, D. M., & Lemon, R. N. (2005). A cortico-cortical mechanism mediating object-driven grasp in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102(3), 898–903. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0409182102
Cheng, K. C., Pratt, J., & Maki, B. E. (2013). Do Aging and Dual-Tasking Impair the Capacity to Store and Retrieve Visuospatial Information Needed to Guide Perturbation-Evoked Reach-To-Grasp Reactions? PLoS ONE, 8(11), e79401. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079401
Chiou, R. Y.-C., Wu, D. H., Tzeng, O. J.-L., Hung, D. L., & Chang, E. C. (2012). Relative size of numerical magnitude induces a size-contrast effect on the grip scaling of reach-to-grasp movements. Cortex, 48(8), 1043–1051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2011.08.001
Cho, W., Kobayashi, M., Kambara, H., Tanaka, H., Kagawa, T., Sato, M., Kim, H., Miyakoshi, M., Makeig, S., Iversen, J. R., & Yoshimura, N. (2026). Decomposing Juggling Skill into Sequencing, Prediction, and Accuracy: A Computational Model with Low-Gravity VR Training. Sensors, 26(1), 294. https://doi.org/10.3390/s26010294
Clarke, N. (2007). Bimanual prehension to a solitary target [MASc Thesis]. University of Saskatchewan.
Elliott, D., Chua, R., & Pollock, B. J. (1994). The influence of intermittent vision on manual aiming. Acta Psychologica, 85(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-6918(94)90016-7
Elliott, D., & Hansen, S. (2010). Visual regulation of manual aiming: A comparison of methods. Behavior Research Methods, 42(4), 1087–1095. https://doi.org/10.3758/BRM.42.4.1087
Elliott, D., Zuberec, S., & Milgram, P. (1994). The Effects of Periodic Visual Occlusion on Ball Catching. Journal of Motor Behavior, 26(2), 113–122. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.1994.9941666
Freud, E., Macdonald, S. N., Chen, J., Quinlan, D. J., Goodale, M. A., & Culham, J. C. (2018). Getting a grip on reality: Grasping movements directed to real objects and images rely on dissociable neural representations. Cortex, 98, 34–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2017.02.020
Ganel, T., Freud, E., Chajut, E., & Algom, D. (2012). Accurate Visuomotor Control below the Perceptual Threshold of Size Discrimination. PLoS ONE, 7(4), e36253. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036253
Ganel, T., Freud, E., & Meiran, N. (2014). Action is immune to the effects of Weber’s law throughout the entire grasping trajectory. Journal of Vision, 14(7), 11–11. https://doi.org/10.1167/14.7.11
Glover, S., & Dixon, P. (2013). Perseveration effects in reaching and grasping rely on motor priming and not perception. Experimental Brain Research, 226(1), 53–61. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-013-3410-y
Goode, C., Cole, D. M., & Bolton, D. A. E. (2019). Staying upright by shutting down? Evidence for global suppression of the motor system when recovering balance. Gait & Posture, 70, 260–263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.03.018
Gorman, J. C., Amazeen, P. G., Crites, M. J., & Gipson, C. L. (2017). Deviations from mirroring in interpersonal multifrequency coordination when visual information is occluded. Experimental Brain Research, 235(4), 1209–1221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-017-4888-5
Grant, S., & Conway, M. L. (2019). Some binocular advantages for planning reach, but not grasp, components of prehension. Experimental Brain Research, 237(5), 1239–1255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-019-05503-4
Hansen, S. (2010). Determining the Temporal Limits of a Visual Sample for Visual Regulation. Journal of Motor Behavior, 42(2), 107–110. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222890903566343
Hansen, S., Cullen, J. D., & Elliott, D. (2005). Self-Selected Visual Information During Discrete Manual Aiming. Journal of Motor Behavior, 37(5), 343–347. https://doi.org/10.3200/JMBR.37.5.343-347
Heath, M., Rival, C., Neely, K., & Krigolson, O. (2006). Müller-Lyer figures influence the online reorganization of visually guided grasping movements. Experimental Brain Research, 169(4), 473–481. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-005-0170-3
Honeine, J.-L., Crisafulli, O., & Schieppati, M. (2017). Body sway adaptation to addition but not withdrawal of stabilizing visual information is delayed by a concurrent cognitive task. Journal of Neurophysiology, 117(2), 777–785. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00725.2016
Honeine, J.-L., Crisafulli, O., Sozzi, S., & Schieppati, M. (2015). Processing time of addition or withdrawal of single or combined balance-stabilizing haptic and visual information. Journal of Neurophysiology, 114(6), 3097–3110. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00618.2015
Isableu, B., Ohlmann, T., Crémieux, J., & Amblard, B. (1997). Selection of spatial frame of reference and postural control variability: Experimental Brain Research, 114(3), 584–589. https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00005667
Isableu, B., Ohlmann, T., Crémieux, J., & Amblard, B. (2003). Differential approach to strategies of segmental stabilisation in postural control. Experimental Brain Research, 150(2), 208–221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-003-1446-0
Karl, J. M., Sacrey, L.-A. R., Doan, J. B., & Whishaw, I. Q. (2012). Hand shaping using hapsis resembles visually guided hand shaping. Experimental Brain Research, 219(1), 59–74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-012-3067-y
Kennedy, A., Bhattacharjee, A., Hansen, S., Reid, C., & Tremblay, L. (2015). Online Vision as a Function of Real-Time Limb Velocity: Another Case for Optimal Windows. Journal of Motor Behavior, 47(6), 465–475. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2015.1012579
King, J. P., Christensen, B. K., & Westwood, D. A. (2008). Grasping behavior in schizophrenia suggests selective impairment in the dorsal visual pathway. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117(4), 799–811. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0013500
Kitazawa, S., Kimura, T., & Uka, T. (1997). Prism Adaptation of Reaching Movements: Specificity for the Velocity of Reaching. The Journal of Neuroscience, 17(4), 1481–1492. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.17-04-01481.1997
Kitazawa, S., Kimura, T., & Yin, P.-B. (1998). Cerebellar complex spikes encode both destinations and errors in arm movements. Nature, 392(6675), 494–497. https://doi.org/10.1038/33141
Kitazawa, S., & Yin, P.-B. (2002). Prism adaptation with delayed visual error signals in the monkey. Experimental Brain Research, 144(2), 258–261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-002-1089-6
Klein, L. K., Maiello, G., Paulun, V. C., & Fleming, R. W. (2020). Predicting precision grip grasp locations on three-dimensional objects. PLOS Computational Biology, 16(8), e1008081. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008081
Kumawat, A. S. (2018). The role of sensorimotor information in endpoint error detection: A focus on limb-target reulation processes [MSc Thesis]. University of Toronto.
Lawrence, G. P., Khan, M. A., Buckolz, E., & Oldham, A. R. H. (2006). The contribution of peripheral and central vision in the control of movement amplitude. Human Movement Science, 25(3), 326–338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2006.02.001
Le, A., & Niemeier, M. (2014). Visual field preferences of object analysis for grasping with one hand. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00782
Lemay, M., & Proteau, L. (2001). A distance effect in a manual aiming task to remembered targets: A test of three hypotheses. Experimental Brain Research, 140(3), 357–368. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002210100834
Lisi, M., & Cavanagh, P. (2017). Different spatial representations guide eye and hand movements. Journal of Vision, 17(2), 12. https://doi.org/10.1167/17.2.12
López-Moliner, J., Brenner, E., Louw, S., & Smeets, J. B. J. (2010). Catching a gently thrown ball. Experimental Brain Research, 206(4), 409–417. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-010-2421-1
Magill, R. A. (2007). Motor learning and control: Concepts and applications (8th ed). McGraw-Hill.
Mann, D. L., Abernethy, B., & Farrow, D. (2010). Action specificity increases anticipatory performance and the expert advantage in natural interceptive tasks. Acta Psychologica, 135(1), 17–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.04.006
Marangon, M., Jacobs, S., & Frey, S. H. (2011). Evidence for context sensitivity of grasp representations in human parietal and premotor cortices. Journal of Neurophysiology, 105(5), 2536–2546. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00796.2010
Marsden, J. F., Castellote, J., & Day, B. L. (2002). Bipedal distribution of human vestibular‐evoked postural responses during asymmetrical standing. The Journal of Physiology, 542(1), 323–331. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2002.019513
McDannald, D. W., Mansour, M., Rydalch, G., & Bolton, D. A. E. (2018). Motor affordance for grasping a safety handle. Neuroscience Letters, 683, 131–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2018.05.040
Medina, J., Jax, S. A., & Coslett, H. B. (2009). Two-component models of reaching: Evidence from deafferentation in a Fitts’ law task. Neuroscience Letters, 451(3), 222–226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2009.01.002
Melmoth, D. R., & Grant, S. (2006). Advantages of binocular vision for the control of reaching and grasping. Experimental Brain Research, 171(3), 371–388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-005-0273-x
Miall, R. C., Christensen, L. O. D., Cain, O., & Stanley, J. (2007). Disruption of State Estimation in the Human Lateral Cerebellum. PLoS Biology, 5(11), e316. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050316
Patterson, J. T., McRae, M., & Hansen, S. (2019). On Whether Task Experience of the Peer Differentially Impacts Feedback Scheduling and Skill Acquisition of a Learner. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1987. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01987
Paulun, V. C., Gegenfurtner, K. R., Goodale, M. A., & Fleming, R. W. (2016). Effects of material properties and object orientation on precision grip kinematics. Experimental Brain Research, 234(8), 2253–2265. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-016-4631-7
Perry, S. D., Santos, L. C., & Patla, A. E. (2001). Contribution of vision and cutaneous sensation to the control of centre of mass (COM) during gait termination. Brain Research, 913(1), 27–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02748-2
Pruszynski, J. A., Flanagan, J. R., & Johansson, R. S. (2018). Fast and accurate edge orientation processing during object manipulation. eLife, 7, e31200. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.31200
Ray, M. (2016). The content, development and use of shared task representatioins during the selection and planning of joint actions. [PhD Thesis]. University of Toronto.
Roche, K., & Chainay, H. (2017). Is there a Competition between Functional and Situational Affordances during Action Initiation with Everyday Tools? Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1073. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01073
Rossit, S. (2014). Does binocular vision drive the lower visual field advantage for grasping? Journal of Vision, 14(10), 420–420. https://doi.org/10.1167/14.10.420
Rowe, J. M., & Boe, S. G. (2024). Unlike overt movement, motor imagery cannot update internal models. Brain and Cognition, 181, 106219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2024.106219
Rydalch, G., Bell, H. B., Ruddy, K. L., & Bolton, D. A. E. (2019). Stop-signal reaction time correlates with a compensatory balance response. Gait & Posture, 71, 273–278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.05.015
Sacrey, L.-A. (2008). Music normalizes visual and proprioceptive control of movement in Parkinson’s Disease [MSc Thesis]. University of Lethbridge.
Savelsbergh, G. J., Whiting, H. T., & Bootsma, R. J. (1991). Grasping tau. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 17(2), 315–322. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.17.2.315
Shoja, O., Towhidkhah, F., Hassanlouei, H., Levin, M. F., Bahramian, A., Nadeau, S., Zhang, L., & Feldman, A. G. (2023). Reaction of human walking to transient block of vision: Analysis in the context of indirect, referent control of motor actions. Experimental Brain Research, 241(5), 1353–1365. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-023-06593-x
Sozzi, S., Honeine, J.-L., Do, M.-C., & Schieppati, M. (2013). Leg muscle activity during tandem stance and the control of body balance in the frontal plane. Clinical Neurophysiology, 124(6), 1175–1186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2012.12.001
Sun, C., Chen, J., Chen, Y., & Tang, R. (2021). The Influence of Induced Emotions on Distance and Size Perception and on the Grip Scaling During Grasping. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 651885. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.651885
Suttle, C. M., Melmoth, D. R., Finlay, A. L., Sloper, J. J., & Grant, S. (2011). Eye–Hand Coordination Skills in Children with and without Amblyopia. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 52(3), 1851. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.10-6341
Tang, R., Whitwell, R. L., & Goodale, M. A. (2014). Explicit knowledge about the availability of visual feedback affects grasping with the left but not the right hand. Experimental Brain Research, 232(1), 293–302. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-013-3740-9
Tang, R., Whitwell, R. L., & Goodale, M. A. (2016). Unusual hand postures but not familiar tools show motor equivalence with precision grasping. Cognition, 151, 28–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2016.02.013
Toth, A. J., Harris, L. R., Zettel, J., & Bent, L. R. (2017). Vision can recalibrate the vestibular reafference signal used to re-establish postural equilibrium following a platform perturbation. Experimental Brain Research, 235(2), 407–414. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-016-4801-7
Tresilian, J. R., Plooy, A. M., & Marinovic, W. (2009). Manual interception of moving targets in two dimensions: Performance and space-time accuracy. Brain Research, 1250, 202–217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2008.11.001
Tubaldi, F., Ansuini, C., Dematte, M. L., Tirindelli, R., & Castiello, U. (2008). Effects of Olfactory Stimuli on Arm-Reaching Duration. Chemical Senses, 33(5), 433–440. https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/bjn010
Verhagen, L., Dijkerman, H. C., Grol, M. J., & Toni, I. (2008). Perceptuo-Motor Interactions during Prehension Movements. The Journal of Neuroscience, 28(18), 4726–4735. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0057-08.2008
Wang, G., Zheng, C., Wu, X., Deng, Z., Sperandio, I., Goodale, M. A., & Chen, J. (2024). The contribution of semantic distance knowledge to size constancy in perception and grasping when visual cues are limited. Neuropsychologia, 196, 108838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2024.108838
Whitwell, R. L., Lambert, L. M., & Goodale, M. A. (2008). Grasping future events: Explicit knowledge of the availability of visual feedback fails to reliably influence prehension. Experimental Brain Research, 188(4), 603–611. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-008-1395-8
Wilkins, L., & Gray, R. (2015). Effects of Stroboscopic Visual Training on Visual Attention, Motion Perception, and Catching Performance. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 121(1), 57–79. https://doi.org/10.2466/22.25.PMS.121c11x0
Yin, P.-B., & Kitazawa, S. (2001). Long-lasting aftereffects of prism adaptation in the monkey. Experimental Brain Research, 141(2), 250–253. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002210100892