Figure 1: The Force Matching Task. | Nature Communications

Figure 1: The Force Matching Task.

From: Ageing increases reliance on sensorimotor prediction through structural and functional differences in frontostriatal circuits

Figure 1

(a) Schematic representation of the behavioural task, in which participants matched a force applied to their left index finger via a lever attached to a torque motor. In the Direct condition, participants used the right index finger to apply the force directly on the lever, whereas in the Slider condition, they matched the force by moving a linear potentiometer that controlled the torque motor. The main measure for each subject was the mean overcompensation, calculated as the difference between the matched force and target force across the different force levels. (b) Standard boxplots showing the distribution of force overcompensation values across participants in the Direct and Slider conditions (black line indicating the median). A positive value indicates sensory attenuation. Significance of comparisons is indicated by **=P<0.01, ***=P<0.001.

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