TY - JOUR
T1 - Monitoring coordination during bimanual movements
T2 - Where is the mastermind?
AU - Duque, Julie
AU - Davare, Marco
AU - Delaunay, Ludovic
AU - Jacob, Benvenuto
AU - Saur, Ralf
AU - Hummel, Friedhelm
AU - Hermoye, Laurent
AU - Rossion, Bruno
AU - Olivier, Etienne
PY - 2010/3/1
Y1 - 2010/3/1
N2 - One remarkable aspect of the human motor repertoire is the multitude of bimanual actions it contains. Still, the neural correlates of coordinated movements, in which the two hands share a common goal, remain debated. To address this issue, we designed two bimanual circling tasks that differed only in terms of goal conceptualization: a "coordination" task that required movements of both hands to adapt to each other to reach a common goal and an "independent" task that imposed a separate goal to each hand. fMRI allowed us to pinpoint three areas located in the right hemisphere that were more strongly activated in the coordination condition: the superior temporal gyrus (STG), the SMA, and the primary motor cortex (M1). We then used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to disrupt transiently the function of those three regions to determine their causal role in bimanual coordination. Right STG virtual lesions impaired bimanual coordination, whereas TMS to right M1 enhanced hand independence. TMS over SMA, left STG, or left M1 had no effect. The present study provides direct insight into the neural correlates of coordinated bimanual movements and highlights the role of right STG in such bimanual movements.
AB - One remarkable aspect of the human motor repertoire is the multitude of bimanual actions it contains. Still, the neural correlates of coordinated movements, in which the two hands share a common goal, remain debated. To address this issue, we designed two bimanual circling tasks that differed only in terms of goal conceptualization: a "coordination" task that required movements of both hands to adapt to each other to reach a common goal and an "independent" task that imposed a separate goal to each hand. fMRI allowed us to pinpoint three areas located in the right hemisphere that were more strongly activated in the coordination condition: the superior temporal gyrus (STG), the SMA, and the primary motor cortex (M1). We then used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to disrupt transiently the function of those three regions to determine their causal role in bimanual coordination. Right STG virtual lesions impaired bimanual coordination, whereas TMS to right M1 enhanced hand independence. TMS over SMA, left STG, or left M1 had no effect. The present study provides direct insight into the neural correlates of coordinated bimanual movements and highlights the role of right STG in such bimanual movements.
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U2 - 10.1162/jocn.2009.21213
DO - 10.1162/jocn.2009.21213
M3 - Article
C2 - 19309295
AN - SCOPUS:76749142546
SN - 0898-929X
VL - 22
SP - 526
EP - 542
JO - Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
JF - Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
IS - 3
ER -