Dynamical stability and mechanical impedance are optimized when manipulating uncertain dynamically complex objects
Fig 4
Behavior in preparation stage.
A) Heatmaps of relative phase plotted against trial time from all participants and trials. Preparation stage is shown as negative time and rhythmic stage as positive time. The color scheme for the heatmap is mapped to the normalized probability and is different for the preparation and rhythmic stages. Relative phase converges within the preparation stage and remains fairly constant in the rhythmic stage in both random and blocked protocols. B) Summaries of duration of preparation and time taken to stabilize relative phase. Each data point in the box plot represents a participant average across trials. Participants utilized more preparation duration, and took more time to stabilize the relative phase in the random protocol in comparison to the blocked protocol.