Vision and touch used for catching small balls with a power grip and large balls with a precision grip supports dual visuomotor channel theory
Amirhossein Mazrouei, Youssef Ekladuce, Hardeep Ryait, Majid Mohajerani, Jenni M. Karl, Ian Q. Whishaw
The paper tests the dual visuomotor channel theory by showing that hand shaping during catching small and large balls reflects separate visual and somatosensory inputs for location and size.
bioRxiv · Jul 24, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience