Schubert, Michael: Brain network dynamics in goal-directed motor precision tasks in laboratory and real-world settings. 2015
Content
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Sensorimotor control and goal-directed movements
- 2.1 A model of sensorimotor control
- 2.2 Neuroanatomy in sensorimotor control
- 2.3 The sequential processing of goal-directed movements
- 2.4 Brain network dynamics in sensorimotor control
- 3 Measuring network dynamics in sensorimotor control
- 3.1 Choice of method
- 3.2 Electroencephalography - a brief overview
- 3.3 From channel to source space by ICA
- 3.3.1 The principle of ICA
- 3.3.2 Application to the EEG
- 3.3.3 Source localization of equivalent single dipoles
- 3.3.4 Component identification
- 3.3.5 Component clustering
- 3.4 Brain activity measures
- 3.5 Brain connectivity measures
- 4 Applying brain network measures in sports and exercise
- 4.1 Methodological challenges
- 4.2 Current state of research
- 4.2.1 Measures of brain dynamics in motor precision tasks in controlled settings
- 4.2.2 Measures of complex movements in real-world settings
- 4.3 Summary and Research Deficit
- 5 Research strategy and specific aims
- 6 Methods
- 6.1 Force pulse study
- 6.1.1 Subject characteristics
- 6.1.2 Task setup
- 6.1.3 Task procedure
- 6.1.4 Data acquisition and event processing
- 6.2 Golf putt study
- 6.2.1 Subject characteristics
- 6.2.2 Task setup
- 6.2.3 Task procedure
- 6.2.4 Data acquisition and event processing
- 6.3 Signal processing
- 6.4 Statistical procedures
- 7 Results
- 7.1 Force pulse study
- 7.1.1 Precondition measures
- 7.1.2 Network localization
- 7.1.3 Network activity
- 7.1.4 Network connectivity
- 7.2 Golf putt study
- 7.3 Summary
- 8 Discussion
- 8.1 Force pulse study
- 8.1.1 Precondition measures
- 8.1.2 Network localization
- 8.1.3 Network activity
- 8.1.4 Network connectivity
- 8.1.5 Limitations
- 8.1.6 Concluding the specific aims
- 8.2 Golf putt study
- 9 Conclusion
- 10 Prospects
- 10.1 Methodological future work
- 10.2 Towards the application of effective connectivity measures in sports and exercise
- References
- Appendix
- A Major axes of the CNS
- B Model validation and connectivity estimation
- B.1 Force pulse study: Model validation results
- B.2 Force pulse study: Additional ERC results force pulse study
- C Questionnaires
- C.1 Anthropometric forms
- C.2 The Edinburgh-Inventory - German translation
- C.3 The strait anxiety test X1 (STAI-X1)
- C.4 Visual Analogue Scale
- D Spec sheets