Table 1.
Hypothesized natural attentional focus in functional tremor |
Impaired ability to attend | ||||
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Attend to motor execution | Attend to visual feedback from movement | Attend to target | Attending away from task | ||
Target jump/Target luminance | Slightly worse than controls | Slightly worse than controls | Same as controls | Worse than controls | Worse than controls |
Cursor luminance | Slightly worse than controls | Better than controls | Same as controls | Worse than controls | Worse than controls |
Added cursor deviation | Better than controls | Worse than controls | Same as controls | Worse than controls | Worse than controls |
Hypotheses about precisely where the attentional focus predominantly lies in functional tremor, make different predictions about their performance on the different spontaneous detection tasks. The control groups, particularly the healthy control participants, are expected to primarily focus on the target.