Title :
A neurobehavioral apparatus to study the perturbation effects in reach to grasp tasks
Author :
Marshall, S. ; He, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Bioeng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
Abstract :
A new neurobehavioral experiment was developed to investigate cortical control of reach to grasp tasks for application towards neural prosthetics. An apparatus was designed for the reach to grasp movement, with perturbations to both target location and orientation. In addition, an algorithm was developed to track the subject´s gaze location while leaving the head unrestrained. The integration and synchronization of the system for kinematics, gaze, behavior control, and cortical recording were evaluated.
Keywords :
biocontrol; biomechanics; biomedical measurement; kinematics; neurophysiology; prosthetics; behavior control; cortical recording; neural prosthetics; neurobehavioral apparatus; perturbation effects; reach to grasp tasks; subject´s gaze location tracking; system integration; system synchronization; unrestrained head; Biomedical engineering; Condition monitoring; Control systems; Helium; Humans; Kinematics; Magnetic heads; Prosthetics; Surgery; Target tracking;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053324
