TY - JOUR
T1 - Motor learning and movement performance: older versus younger adults
AU - Ehsani, Fatemeh
AU - Abdollahi, Iraj
AU - Bandpei, Mohammad Ali Mohseni
AU - Zahiri, Nahid
AU - Jaberzadeh, Shapour
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Introduction: Motor skills play an important role during life span, and older adults need to learn or relearn these skills. The purpose of this study was to investigate how aging affects induction of improved movement performance by motor training. Methods: Serial Reaction Time Test (SRTT) was used to assess movement performance during 8 blocks of motor training. Participants were tested in two separate dates, 48 hours apart. First session included 8 blocks of training (blocks 1-8) and second session comprised 2 blocks (blocks 9, 10). Results: Analyses of data showed that reaction times in both online and offline learning were significantly shorter in older adults compared to younger adults (P
AB - Introduction: Motor skills play an important role during life span, and older adults need to learn or relearn these skills. The purpose of this study was to investigate how aging affects induction of improved movement performance by motor training. Methods: Serial Reaction Time Test (SRTT) was used to assess movement performance during 8 blocks of motor training. Participants were tested in two separate dates, 48 hours apart. First session included 8 blocks of training (blocks 1-8) and second session comprised 2 blocks (blocks 9, 10). Results: Analyses of data showed that reaction times in both online and offline learning were significantly shorter in older adults compared to younger adults (P
UR - http://goo.gl/BOMFG4
M3 - Article
SN - 2228-7442
VL - 6
SP - 231
EP - 238
JO - Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
JF - Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
IS - 4
ER -