Table 3.

Task complexity and hemodynamic responses (grand averages) during control and juggling tasks, rmANOVA.

	(1) Control motion 1 Hz		(2) Control motion 2 Hz		(3) 3-ball cascade		(4) 2 balls right hand		(5) 2 balls left hand		(6) 5-ball cascade		F	pa	η2	Post-hoc Bonferronib
	M	95% CI	M	95% CI	M	95% CI	M	95% CI	M	95% CI	M	95% CI
TASK COMPLEXITY
	1.00	[1.00 1.00]	1.00	[1.00 1.00]	1.60	[1.28 1.92]	2.07	[1.54 2.59]	2.53	[2.11 2.96]	6.53	[5.85 7.22]	3	<0.001	−	1,2 < 3 < 4 < 5 < 6
HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSES (OXY-Hb)
PMCL	0.37	[0.12 0.63]	0.48	[0.20 0.76]	0.66	[0.35 0.97]	0.98	[0.64 1.32]	1.05	[0.72 1.38]	2.04	[1.45 2.63]	20.23	<0.001	0.65	1 < 4,5 < 6
M1L	0.54	[0.36 0.73]	0.70	[0.47 0.94]	0.94	[0.61 1.26]	1.59	[1.15 2.03]	1.61	[1.24 1.98]	3.69	[3.04 4.34]	55.98	<0.001	0.84	1,2 < 4,5 < 6
S1L	0.56	[0.32 0.80]	0.84	[0.56 1.11]	0.89	[0.50 1.29]	1.76	[1.25 2.27]	2.08	[1.34 2.82]	4.37	[3.48 5.27]	37.59	<0.001	0.77	1,2,3 < 4,5 < 6
MT/V5L	0.47	[0.20 0.74]	0.71	[0.28 1.14]	0.84	[0.48 1.20]	1.20	[0.70 1.71]	1.49	[1.06 1.92]	3.89	[2.97 4.81]	47.92	<0.001	0.81	2,3,4 < 6
PMCR	0.44	[0.15 0.73]	0.56	[0.27 0.86]	0.70	[0.38 1.02]	1.18	[0.75 1.62]	1.10	[0.70 1.51]	3.14	[1.91 4.37]	21.39	<0.001	0.66	1,2,3 < 4,5 < 6
M1R	0.70	[0.22 1.17]	0.84	[0.48 1.20]	1.05	[0.53 1.56]	1.59	[1.13 2.06]	1.70	[1.17 2.23]	4.25	[2.70 5.80]	16.39	<0.001	0.60	1,2,3,4 < 6
S1LR	0.53	[0.25 0.81]	0.65	[0.31 1.00]	0.90	[0.47 1.34]	1.78	[1.15 2.41]	1.46	[1.05 1.87]	4.55	[3.38 5.73]	41.71	<0.001	0.81	1,2,3 < 4,5 < 6
MT/V5R	0.47	[0.12 0.83]	0.61	[0.18 1.04]	0.78	[0.38 1.17]	1.66	[1.09 2.24]	1.00	[0.51 1.50]	3.48	[2.38 4.58]	28.87	<0.001	0.72	1,2,3 < 4,5 < 6
HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSES (DEOXY-Hb)
PMCL	−0.03	[−0.06 0.01]	−0.04	[−0.08 0.00]	−0.07	[−0.11 -0.03]	−0.11	[−0.19 -0.02]	−0.03	[−0.09 0.03]	−0.02	[−0.21 0.18]	0.92	0.381	0.08	nsc
M1L	−0.12	[−0.19 -0.05]	−0.12	[−0.19 -0.05]	−0.16	[−0.25 -0.08]	−0.15	[−0.24 -0.06]	−0.01	[−0.08 0.07]	0.20	[−0.06 0.45]	9.93	0.005	0.47	1,3,4 < 5
S1L	−0.06	[−0.06 0.07]	−0.06	[−0.06 0.10]	−0.09	[−0.09 0.14]	−0.05	[−0.05 0.20]	0.09	[0.09 0.15]	0.19	[0.19 0.43]	4.12	0.048	0.34	ns
MT/V5L	−0.04	[−0.06 -0.01]	−0.02	[−0.05 0.01]	−0.05	[−0.08 -0.02]	−0.07	[−0.13 -0.02]	0.00	[−0.07 0.06]	0.02	[−0.11 0.15]	1.94	0.173	0.15	ns
PMCR	−0.07	[−0.10 -0.03]	−0.07	[−0.11 -0.03]	−0.11	[−0.18 -0.04]	−0.02	[−0.16 0.11]	−0.05	[−0.19 0.10]	0.25	[−0.18 0.68]	2.54	0.128	0.19	ns
M1R	−0.11	[−0.19 -0.04]	−0.15	[−0.25 -0.05]	−0.22	[−0.36 -0.08]	−0.08	[−0.29 0.13]	−0.15	[−0.31 0.00]	0.11	[−0.40 0.62]	1.60	0.233	0.13	ns
S1LR	0.00	[−0.41 0.41]	0.04	[−0.92 1.00]	−0.04	[−0.44 0.35]	0.07	[−1.04 1.18]	0.04	[−1.31 1.39]		−d	–	–	–	ns
MT/V5R	−0.02	[−0.05 0.02]	−0.01	[−0.06 0.03]	−0.05	[−0.09 0.00]	0.00	[−0.08 0.09]	−0.04	[−0.10 0.02]	0.02	[−0.22 0.26]	0.34	0.621	0.03	ns

^aGreenhouse-Geisser correction;

^bpairwise comparisons (number of control and juggling tasks, only significant results);

^cnot significant;

^dtoo much noisy data, M, mean value; SE, standard error; L/R, left/right; PMC, premotor area; M1, primary motor area; S1, primary somatosensory area; MT/V5, visual area 5.