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Dynamic changes of timing precision in timed actions during a behavioural task in guinea pigs
- Source :
- Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2020), Scientific Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Nature Publishing Group, 2020.
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Abstract
- Temporal precision is a determinant of performance in various motor activities. Although the accuracy and precision of timing in activities have been previously measured and quantified, temporal dynamics with flexible precision have not been considered. Here, we examined the temporal dynamics in timed motor activities (timed actions) using a guinea pig model in a behavioural task requiring an animal to control action timing to obtain a water reward. In well-trained animals, momentary variations in timing precision were extracted from the temporal distribution of the timed actions measured over daily 12-h sessions. The resampling of the observed time of action in each session demonstrated significant changes of timing precision within a session. Periods with higher timing precision appeared indiscriminately during the same session, and such periods lasted ~ 20 min on average. We conclude that the timing precision in trained actions is flexible and changes dynamically in guinea pigs. By elucidating the brain mechanisms involved in flexibility and dynamics with an animal model, future studies should establish more effective methods to actively enhance timing precision in our motor activities, such as sports.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Multidisciplinary
Computer science
Physiology
Speech recognition
Decision
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lcsh:Medicine
Session (web analytics)
Article
Task (project management)
Behavioural methods
03 medical and health sciences
030104 developmental biology
0302 clinical medicine
Attention
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030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20452322
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scientific Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5cd2b4e3c47d0dfe16e91e8f8a42b1a8