Table 1.
Published Studies Employing Finger Tapping Tasks Used in the Meta-Analyses. A total of 38 studies with 74 contrasts and 685 foci were included in the finger tapping meta-analyses (listed in alphabetical order by first author). The type or lack of pacing stimulus and the level of complexity as well as whether the task was bimanual are indicated for each contrast.
| Publication | Contrast | Foci | Stimulus | Complexity | Bimanual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aoki, 2005 | Index finger vs Rest | 1 | auditory | RH index | |
| Ring finger vs Rest | 7 | auditory | |||
| Double finger tapping vs Rest | 12 | auditory | |||
| Aramaki, 2006 | Parallel vs Rest | 18 | auditory | bimanual | |
| Mirror vs Rest | 7 | auditory | bimanual | ||
| Blinkenberg, 1996 | Finger tapping vs Rest | 10 | auditory | RH index | |
| Boecker, 1998 | Motor sequences vs Rest | 20 | auditory | sequence | |
| Calautti, 2001 | RH tapping vs Rest, young subjects | 10 | auditory | RH index | |
| LH tapping vs Rest, young subjects | 10 | auditory | |||
| RH tapping vs Rest, older subjects | 4 | auditory | RH index | ||
| LH tapping vs Rest, older subjects | 10 | auditory | |||
| Catalan, 1998 | Sequence-12 vs Rest | 9 | auditory | sequence | |
| Catalan, 1999 | Sequence-16 vs Rest, controls | 12 | auditory | sequence | |
| Colebatch, 1991 | Index vs Rest | 3 | auditory | RH index | |
| Opposition vs Rest | 8 | auditory | sequence | ||
| De Luca, 2005 | RH finger tapping, controls | 4 | visual | RH index | |
| Denslow, 2005 | Volitional movement vs sham TMS | 18 | auditory | RH index | |
| Fox, 2004 | Finger movement vs sham TMS | 1 | auditory | RH index | |
| Gelnar, 1999 | Finger opposition vs Rest | 8 | none | sequence | |
| Gerardin, 2000 | Motor Execution vs Rest | 24 | auditory | ||
| Gosain, 2001 | Finger-tapping vs Rest | 2 | none | RH index | |
| Hanakawa, 2003 | Finger movement vs Rest | 25 | visual | sequence | |
| Indovina, 2001 | Move vs Rest | 15 | visual | RH index | |
| Jäncke, 1999 | RH, 1 Hz vs Rest | 2 | auditory | sequence | |
| RH, 3 Hz vs Rest | 2 | auditory | sequence | ||
| LH, 1 Hz vs Rest | 2 | auditory | sequence | ||
| LH, 3 Hz vs Rest | 2 | auditory | sequence | ||
| Both Hands, 1 Hz vs Rest | 2 | auditory | sequence | bimanual | |
| Both Hands, 3 Hz vs Rest | 2 | auditory | sequence | bimanual | |
| Jäncke, 2000a | Right fast, Left slow | 3 | none | bimanual | |
| Right slow, Left fast | 3 | none | bimanual | ||
| Right fast | 1 | none | RH index | ||
| Right slow | 2 | none | RH index | ||
| Left fast | 1 | none | |||
| Left slow | 2 | none | |||
| Jäncke, 2000b | Auditory synchronization vs Rest | 12 | auditory | RH index | |
| Auditory continuation vs Rest | 11 | none | RH index | ||
| Visual synchronization vs Rest | 13 | visual | RH index | ||
| Visual continuation vs Rest | 12 | none | RH index | ||
| Joliot, 1998 | Finger tapping vs Rest | 13 | none | RH index | |
| Joliot, 1999 | Finger tapping vs Rest - PET | 11 | none | RH index | |
| Finger tapping vs Rest - fMRI-average | 16 | none | RH index | ||
| Finger tapping vs Rest - fMRI-correlation | 20 | none | RH index | ||
| Kawashima, 1999 | Finger movements vs Rest | 3 | none | RH index | |
| Kawashima, 2000 | Memory timed finger movement vs Rest | 10 | none | RH index | |
| Visually cued finger movement vs Rest | 14 | visual | RH index | ||
| Kuhtz-Buschbeck, 2003 | Motor execution, Complex RH vs Baseline | 8 | auditory | sequence | |
| Motor execution, Complex LH vs Baseline | 12 | auditory | sequence | ||
| Larsson, 1996 | Self paced movements vs Rest | 12 | none | RH index | |
| Visually triggered movements vs Rest | 14 | visual | RH index | ||
| Lehericy, 2006 | Simple vs Rest | 8 | auditory | RH index | |
| Scale vs Rest | 11 | auditory | sequence | ||
| Complex vs Rest | 27 | auditory | sequence | ||
| Lerner, 2004 | Tapping vs Rest, Normals | 9 | auditory | RH index | |
| Lutz, 2000 | Random vs Rest | 17 | visual | RH index | |
| Regular vs Rest | 7 | visual | RH index | ||
| Mattay, 1998 | Non-dominant hand, simple motor | 8 | none | sequence | |
| Dominant hand, simple motor | 12 | none | sequence | ||
| Dominant hand, random motor | 15 | none | sequence | ||
| Müller, 2002 | Finger tapping vs Rest, healthy subjects | 4 | none | ||
| Ramsey, 1996 | fMRI Finger tapping vs Rest, Mean | 1 | none | sequence | |
| PET Finger tapping vs Rest, Mean | 1 | none | sequence | ||
| Riecker, 2006 | Main effects during index finger movement, young subjects | 6 | auditory | RH index | |
| Main effects during index finger movement, older subjects | 8 | auditory | RH index | ||
| Rounis, 2005 | Main effects of movement | 17 | auditory | RH index | |
| Sadato, 1996 | Various length sequences | 6 | auditory | sequence | |
| Sadato, 1997 | Mirror vs Rest | 13 | auditory | sequence | bimanual |
| Parallel vs Rest | 15 | auditory | sequence | bimanual | |
| Right unimanual vs Rest | 3 | auditory | RH index | ||
| Left unimanual vs Rest | 6 | auditory | |||
| Bimanual mirror vs Rest | 12 | auditory | bimanual | ||
| Bimanual parallel vs Rest | 13 | auditory | bimanual | ||
| Seitz, 2000 | Irregularly paced right finger movement | 4 | auditory | RH index | |
| Wilson, 2004 | Moving fingers | 2 | none | sequence | bimanual |
| Yoo, 2005 | Group-level finger tapping activation | 17 | auditory | sequence |