The use of different kinds of feedback in preventing mode errors was investigated. Two experiments examined the frequency of mode errors in a text editing task where a mode error was defined as an attempt to issue navigation commands while in insert mode, or an attempt to insert text while in command mode. In Experiment 1 the effectiveness of kinesthetic versus visual feedback was compared in f...

The purpose of this study was to compare nondysfunctional children with and without handwriting difficulties for an examination of grip and hand preference. Additionally, in the group of children with handwriting difficulties, the children with decreased proprioceptive-kinesthetic finger awareness were compared with the children without such a decrease. The results suggest that children with ha...

An accurate control of fundamental frequency is one of the essential demands in professional singing. This control relies on auditory and kinesthetic feedback. However, a loud accompaniment may mask the auditory feedback, leaving the singers to rely on kinesthetic feedback. The object of the present study was to estimate the significance of auditory and kinesthetic feedback to pitch control in ...

The purpose of this study was to measure kinesthetic accuracy in healthy older adults by using arm position and motion matching tests. We investigated the effect of task type, joint angle, and matching arm results on kinesthetic accuracy in the upper extremities of 17 healthy right-handed older adults. Blinded subjects were asked to match positions and motions at four reference joint angles: 1)...

This work was motivated by our interest in using the sense of touch as an alternative communication channel for sensory substitution. Previous research has demonstrated that some deafand-blind individuals can receive conversational English at almost normal rates using the Tadoma method, in which the user places a hand on the face and neck of a talker and monitors the mechanical actions associat...

The purpose of this research was to study the effect AudioVisual pattern on muscle activity amplitude during mental imagery. For purpose, 25 female students (20.73 ± 1.56 years old) engaged in imagery (internal, external, and kinesthetic) three conditions: No pattern, Visual pattern. angular velocity elbow joint basketball jump shot skill sonified presented subjects as an auditory results showe...

This study investigated the influence of different modalities of target information (visual, kinesthetic) on the accuracy, kinematics, and interjoint coordination of pointing movements to remembered targets. The targets were presented by a robot arm in five locations in three-dimensional (3D) space, either as a point of light in a dark room ("visual" condition), or kinesthetically. Relative poi...

Several artificial sensory augmentation systems (ASAS) have been developed in recent years to compensate for loss of function in the visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic senses . These ASA systems, which use either electrical or mechanical cutaneous stimulation as the display modality, have amplitude, frequency, and pulse width as the design concepts (Bach-y-Rita et al ., 1970: Saunders e...