A Bayesian explanation for curved movement paths. J.B.J. Smeets1, H.P. Slijper2, J.M. Richter2, E.A.B. Over2, M.A. Frens2 1

Human Movement Sciences. VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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It is well known that movements on a horizontal surface to a visual target are slightly curved; at least part of these curvatures are not due to properties of the effector (de Graaf, Sittig, & Denier van der Gon, 1991). This pattern of curvatures cannot be explained by a deformation of visual space (de Graaf, Denier van der Gon, & Sittig, 1996). Apparently, the transformation from visual position to the (initial) direction of hand movement is biased, without the positions themselves being misperceived (Smeets & Brenner, 2004). A possible explanation might be along the ideas of Bayesian decision theory. This suggests that prior experience (the statistics of our actions) plays an important role in the control of subsequent movements. Our hypothesis is that the distribution of movement directions is related to the misdirection: when directing their movement, subjects will be unsure about the exact direction, and thus be biased towards the most frequently occurring movement directions. When continuing moving to the target, such a bias in direction leads to a curved path. In order to test this hypothesis, we decided to study a large collection of mousemovements, and predict the curvature of these movements based on the directional distribution of the same movements. We recorded 7 million mouse movements made by a group of 20 computer users across a 50-day work period. We found that for all subjects the most occurring movements were in cardinal directions. The exact shape of this distribution was subject-specific, but constant over time and independent of the computer used. If this non-uniform directional distribution is used as a prior for determining the initial movement direction, one expects systematic errors in initial movement directions towards the cardinal directions. The actual pattern of initial movement directions matched well with these predictions: movements tend to start towards one of the cardinal directions and curve away towards the goal. This shows that one’s movement statistics influence the shape of one’s hand’s paths.

References Boessenkool, J. J., Nijhoff, E. J., & Erkelens, C. J. (1998). A comparison of curvatures of left and right hand movements in a simple pointing task. Experimental Brain Research, 120, 369-376. de Graaf, J. B., Denier van der Gon, J. J., & Sittig, A. C. (1996). Vector coding in slow goal-directed arm movements. Perception & Psychophysics, 58, 587601. de Graaf, J. B., Sittig, A. C., & Denier van der Gon, J. J. (1991). Misdirections in slow goal-directed arm movements and pointer-setting tasks. Experimental Brain Research, 84, 434-438. Smeets, J. B. J., & Brenner, E. (2004). Curved movement paths and the Hering illusion: Positions or directions? Visual Cognition, 11(2-3), 255-274.

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Figure: The measured distribution of direction of endpoints of mouse movements (upper panel) predicts direction-dependent biases in initial movement direction of the same set of mouse-movements (dashed curve in lower panel). The actual pattern of errors in initial direction follows the prediction to a large extent.

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It is well known that movements on a horizontal surface to a visual target are slightly curved; at least part of these curvatures are not due to properties of the effector (de. Graaf, Sittig, & Denier van der Gon, 1991). This pattern of curvatures cannot be explained by a deformation of visual space (de Graaf, Denier van der Gon, ...

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