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Preventing visual feedback of the moving limb during grasping preferentially activates parietofrontal premotor areas.

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Authors: Nathan A Baune1, Noah Marchal2, Scott H Frey2, Kenneth F Valyear3,4
ORCID iDs: Nathan A Baune, Noah Marchal, Kenneth F Valyear
  1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
  2. Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
  3. School of Psychology, Bangor University, 355 Brigantia Building, Bangor, Wales LL57 2AS, UK
  4. Bangor Imaging Unit, Bangor University, Bangor, UK
Institutions: Emory University (United States); University of Missouri (United States); Bangor University (United Kingdom)
Journal: NeuroImage, volume 336, article 122004
Dates: published online 14 May 2026; in print 1 August 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY
Identifiers: DOI 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.122004 · PMID 42134460 · PMCID PMC13559751 · OpenAlex W7161159593
Open access: gold, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: data only
Categories: fMRI (modality), human (organism), systems (subfield)
Methods: Statistics, fMRI & imaging
Keywords: Grasping, State estimation, Sensorimotor control, Proprioception, Sensory feedback, Forward models, fMRI, Posterior parietal cortex, Premotor cortex
MeSH: Feedback, Sensory*, Hand Strength*, Motor Cortex*, Parietal Lobe*, Psychomotor Performance*, Adult, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Young Adult (* major topic)
Topic: Motor Control and Adaptation (Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience), according to OpenAlex
Funding: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS0833770); NINDS NIH HHS (R01 NS083377); National Institutes of Health
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 102 references in the paper

Abstract

Accurate control of grasping relies on the brain’s ability to estimate the position and configuration of the arm and hand, integrating sensory feedback with motor-based predictions derived from a copy of the movement command. Visual feedback of the moving limb plays an important role in calibrating these internal estimates. When visual feedback is limited, the brain must rely more heavily on proprioception and motor-based predictions. In this study, we use fMRI to test for cortical regions that are preferentially involved in grasp control when visual feedback of the moving limb is selectively prevented. Twenty healthy participants perform reaching-to-touch and reaching-to-grasp actions with and without visual feedback. Critically, target objects are always visible, fixed to illuminate only their surface properties. This contrasts with prior studies that remove vision of both the limb and the target, thereby confounding non-visual control with increased working-memory demands. Our findings reveal a distributed network of posterior parietal and frontal premotor areas that are preferentially active for grasping when visual feedback of the moving limb is unavailable. We interpret these results as reflecting an important role for these areas in maintaining an internal representation of the state of the arm and hand for online grasp control.

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  • Publisher: n/a → Elsevier BV
  • Authors: added Noah Marchal (0000-0003-2591-3984); removed Noah Marchal

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Baune, N. A., Marchal, N., Frey, S. H., & Valyear, K. F. (2026). Preventing visual feedback of the moving limb during grasping preferentially activates parietofrontal premotor areas. NeuroImage, 336, 122004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.122004

BibTeX

@article{baune2026preventing,
author = {Baune, Nathan A and Marchal, Noah and Frey, Scott H and Valyear, Kenneth F},
title = {{Preventing visual feedback of the moving limb during grasping preferentially activates parietofrontal premotor areas}},
journal = {NeuroImage},
year = {2026},
month = may,
volume = {336},
pages = {122004},
publisher = {Elsevier BV},
issn = {1053-8119},
doi = {10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.122004},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.122004},
pmid = {42134460},
pmcid = {PMC13559751}
}

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PB - Elsevier BV
DO - 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2026.122004
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