A Kinarm Approach Avoidance Task
A robot-based reaching task to assess automatic attitudes towards visual stimuli
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https://doi.org/10.51224/SRXIV.446Keywords:
approach-avoidance, robotics, reaction time, speed, automatic processes, PsychologyAbstract
The investigation of automatic approach-avoidance attitudes has traditionally been conducted using computer-based technologies. These devices can characterize important measures of psychological function such as reaction time and error rates. However, they are unable to accurately quantify other crucial measures of human behaviour such as hand speed and movement direction. Novel robotic devices have been developed to allow highly quantitative measures of human motion. The Kinarm is an augmented reality device which can track a participant’s upper limb movement while they interact in novel environments. Here, we describe the adaptation of the commonly used Approach-Avoidance Task on the Kinarm Endpoint Laboratory. This variant of the task can assess movements of both arms and across many directions of reach. In addition, the Kinarm can provide resistive loads which can investigate the role of metabolic cost during approach or avoidance or be used for rehabilitation protocols.
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