Alan Wing

Research Interests

I am interested in anticipatory aspects of human movement control. Such actions are critically dependent on the orderly, coordinated recruitment of many muscles. However, also important is the selection and integration of sensory information coming from visual, vestibular and proprioceptive sources. This sensory input may be used as feedback to adjust movements that fail to attain their target. But the information also serves to correct inaccurate stored information about the environment and / or the effector system, so reducing the likelihood of correction being required on another occasion.

An important goal for research is to understand how the brain uses sensory input to develop and maintain accurate representations (internal models) for adaptive planning and control of movement. When we imagine an action, there is a feeling of it taking place which has a distinct time course; indeed it has been shown that the duration of imagined action is very similar to the corresponding real movement. It is conceivable that internal models which underlie overt movement contribute to imagining movement and current research asks whether imagined movement evolves in parallel with sensory induced changes in internal models.

Publications

Wing AM (2006) To Grip and Not to Slip: Hand function and protective gloves. Health and Safety International, October, 45-54.

Whitney, AG, Wing AM, Thonnard, JL, Smith, AM. (2004) The cutaneous contribution to adaptive percision grip. Trends in Neuroscience, 27,  637-643.

Wing AM. (2004) Introduction, Special issue; European Workshop on Movement Science. Human Movement Science.

Wing AM, Daffertshofer, A, Pressing, J. (2004) Multiple time scales in serial production of force: a tutorial on power spectral analysis of motor variability. Human Movement Science. 23, 569-590.

Lederman SJ, and Wing AM. (2003) Grasp Point Selection, Perceptual Judgment and Object Symmetry. Experimental Brain Research Exp Brain Res. 152:156–165.

Praamstra P, Turgeon M, Hesse CW, Wing AM, Perryer L. (2003) Neurophysiological correlates of error correction in sensorimotor synchronization. NeuroImage, 20, 1283–1297.

Bracewell RM, Wing AM, Soper HM, Clark, KG (2003) Predictive and reactive co-ordination of grip and load forces in bimanual lifting in man. European Journal of Neuroscience, 18. 1–7.

P. A. Lewis A. M. Wing, P. Praamstra, P. Pope & R. C. Miall. (2004) Brain activity correlates differentially with increasing temporal complexity of rhythms during selection, synchronisation, and continuation phases of paced finger tapping. Neuropsychologia In Press.

Gilles and Wing JMB Age-Related Changes in Grip Force and Dynamics of Hand Movement. Journal of Motor Behavior, 2003, 35, 79-85.

Dietrich, G., Wing A.M, Gilles, M. and Nimmo-Smith, I. Modelling resistance of a four link bipedal to lateral push. Journal of Applied Biomechanics. 2002 18, 99-109.

Balasubramaniam R and Wing AM (2002) The dynamics of standing balance. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 6, 531-536.

Seiss E, Hesse C, Drane S, Oostenveld R, Wing A, Praamstra P (2002) Proprioception-related evoked potentials: Origin and sensitivity to movement parameters. NeuroImage, 17, 461-468.

Wing, A.M. Voluntary timing and brain function; an information processing approach. Brain and Cognition, 2002, 48, 7-30.

Wing, A.M. and Beek, P.J Movement timing – a tutorial. In Prinz, W and Hommel, B (Eds) Attention and Performance 19. Oxford University Press, 2002 pp202-226.

Rinkenauer, G., Ulrich, R. and Wing, A.M. (2001) Brief bimanual force pulses: Correlations between the hands in force and time. Journal of Experimental Psychology, Human Perception and Performance, 2001, 27, 1485-1497.

Roberts, R. and Wing, A.M. Making sense of active touch. The British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2001, 19, 48-56.

Maylor, E.A., Allison, S. and Wing, A.M. Effects of spatial and nonspatial cognitive activity on postural stability. British Journal of Psychology, 2001, 92, 319-338.

Turrell YN, Li F-X and Wing AM. Estimating the minimum grip force required when grasping object under impulsive loading conditions. Behavior Research Methods Instruments and Computers, 2001, 33, 38-45.

Kirker, S., Jenner, J.R., Simpson, D.S. & Wing, A.M. Changing patterns of postural hip muscle activity during recovery from stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation, 2000, 14, 618-626.

Kirker, S.G.B., Simpson, D.S., Jenner, J.R. & Wing, A.M. Stepping before standing: hip muscle function in posture and gait after stroke. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2000, 68, 458-464.

Holt, R.R., Simpson, D., Jenner, J.R., Kirker, S.G.B. & Wing, A.M., Ground reaction force after a sideways push as a measure of balance in recovery from stroke. Clinical Rehabilitation, 2000, 14, 88–95.

Hill, E.L. & Wing, A.M. Coordination of grip force and load force in developmental coordination disorder: A case study. Neurocase, 1999, 5, 537-544.

Babin-Ratte, S., Sirigu, A., Gilles, M.A., Wing, A.M. Impaired anticipatory finger grip force adjustments in a case of cerebellar degeneration. Experimental Brain Research, 1999, 128, 81-85.

Elger, K., Wing, A.M. & Gilles, M. Integration of the hand in postural reactions to sustained sideways force at the pelvis. Experimental Brain Research, 1999, 128, 52-60.

Turrell, Y.N., Li, F.-X. & Wing, A.M. Grip force dynamics in the approach to a collision. Experimental Brain Research, 1999, 128, 86-91.

Clapp, S. & Wing, A.M. Digital proprioceptive contribution to normal bipedal stance Experimental Brain Research, 1999, 125, 521-524.

Wing, A.M & Flanagan, J.R. Anticipating Dynamic Loads in Handling Objects,  DSC-Vol 64, Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME 1998, 139-143.

Wing, A.M. & Flanagan, J.R. Forward models for motion planning. DSC-Vol 64, Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME 1998, 139-143.

Gilles, M. Wing, A.M. & Kirker, S.G.B. Lateral balance organisation in human stance in responses to a random or predictable perturbation. Experimental Brain Research, 1998, 124, 137-144.

Wing, A.M. & Lederman, S. Anticipating load torques produced by voluntary movements. Journal of Experimental Psychology, Human Perception and Performance, 1998, 24, 1571-1581.

Wing, A.M., Ulrich, R. & Rinkenauer, G. Variability associated with cyclic changing of target force in rhythmic serial responding. Cahiers de Psychologie Cognitive/Current Psychology of Cognition, 1998, 17, 781-790.

Wing, A.M, Flanagan, J.R. & Richardson, J. Anticipatory postural adjustments in stance and grip. Experimental Brain Research, 1997, 116, 122-130.

Flanagan, J.R. & Wing, A.M. The role of internal models in motion planning and control: evidence from grip force adjustments during movements of hand-held loads. Journal of Neuroscience, 1997, 17, 1519-1528.

Haggard, P. & Wing, A. On the hand transport component of prehensile movements. Journal of Motor Behavior, 1997, 29, 282-287

Flanagan, J.R. & Wing, A.M. Effects of surface texture and grip force on the discrimination of hand-held loads. Perception & Psychophysics, 1997, 59, 111-118.

Maylor, E. & Wing, A.M. Age differences in postural stability are increased by additional cognitive demands. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences 1996, 51B, 143-154.

Ulrich, R., Wing, A.M., & Rinkenauer, G. Amplitude and duration scaling of brief isometric force pulses Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1995, 21, 1457-1472.

Flanagan, J.R. & Wing, A.M. The stability of precision grip forces during cyclic arm movements with a hand-held load. Experimental Brain Research, 1995, 105, 455-464.

Wing, A.M. & Woodburn, C. The coordination and consistency of rowers in a racing eight. Journal of Sports Sciences, 1995, 13, 187-197.

Flanagan, J.R., Wing, A.M., Allison, S. & Spenceley, A. Effects of surface texture on weight perception when lifting objects with a precision grip. Perception & Psychophysics, 1995, 37, 282-290

Haggard, P. & Wing, A. Coordinated responses following mechanical perturbation of the arm during prehension. Experimental Brain Research, 1995, 102, 483-494.

Wing, A.M., Clapp, S. & Burgess-Limerick, R. Standing stability in the frontal plane determined by lateral forces applied to the hip. Gait & Posture, 1995, 3, 38-42.

Wing, A.M., Woodburn, C. The co-ordination and consistency of rowers in a racing eight. Journal of Sport Science, 1995, 13, 187-197.

Wing, A.M. (1993). The uncertain motor system: Perspectives on the variability of movement (pp.709-744). In D.E. Meyer & S. Kornblum (Eds.) Attention and Performance XIV. Synergies in experimental psychology, artifical intelligence and cognitive neuroscience. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Wing, A.M.; Turton, A; Fraser, C (1986) Grasp size and accuracy of approach in reaching. J Mot. Behaviour, Sept, 18, 245-260.

Wing, A.M.& Kristofferson. Response delays and the timing of discrete motor responses. Perception & Psychophysics, 1973, 14(1), 5-12.

Chapter in Book

Winstein, C, Wing, AM, Whitall, J (2003) Motor control and learning principles for rehabilitation of upper limbs movements after brain injury.In Grafman, J and Robertson I.H.(Eds) Handbook of Neuropsychology (2nd Edition), Vol. 9, 77-138.

Books

Wing, A.M., Haggard, P. & Flanagan, J.R. (Eds) Hand and Brain: The neurophysiology and psychology of hand movements. San Diego: Academic, 1996.