Experimental paradigm.

<p>(A) Stimulus display used in experiment 1 (orientation) and 2 (luminance). A fixation spot was followed by the appearance of a bar that signaled the go-cue for the action to be executed (by instruction) and which could be either rotated slightly (left, experiment 1) or differ in luminance (right, experiment 2) from the subsequent second bar. A brief fixation period (100 ms) was present between the first and second bar presentation. Subjects responded by key-press after execution of the action. (B) Timeline representation of the paradigm. The top plot represents the grand mean average movement (distance to origin) for either grasping (black) or pointing (gray).