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Chapter 2. Prehension

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186 THE PHASES OF PREHENSION<br />

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B<br />

C<br />

Figure 5.28 Without visual or kinesthetic sensory feedback, this<br />

patient cannot preshape her hand. The lesion was in the anterior<br />

part of the left parietal lobe (somatosensory strip). The motor<br />

cortex was spared. (a) Normal hand reaching to grasp object. (b)<br />

Affected hand with available visual information after the line. (c)<br />

Affected hand without visual information (from Jeannerod, 1986;<br />

reprinted by permission)<br />

ability to maintain a constant motor output or sustain movements over<br />

several seconds without constant visual monitoring.

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