Effects of Visual-Proprioceptive Cue Disparities on Arm Position Sensing During Movement Planning

Biomedical Engineering

Caleb Mark Selwyn

Abstract

This project investigates how the brain estimates arm position during movement planning when visual and proprioceptive information conflict. Using the KINARM robotic system, participants performed reaching tasks while visual feedback of hand position was systematically shifted in multiple directions and magnitudes. By analyzing movement biases, we reconstructed internal hand position estimates and showed that sensory weighting changes dynamically as the level of conflict increases.

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Faculty mentor

Portrait of Christopher Buneo

Christopher Buneo

Associate Professor

School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering

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