Implicit motor sequence learning using three-dimensional reaching movements with the non-dominant left arm.

ABSTRACT: Interlimb differences in reach control could impact the learning of a motor sequence that requires whole-arm movements. The purpose of this study was to investigate the learning of an implicit, 3-dimensional whole-arm sequence task with the non-dominant left arm compared to the dominant right arm. Thirty-one right-hand dominant adults completed two consecutive days of practice of a motor sequence task presented in a virtual environment with either their dominant right or non-dominant left arm. Targets were presented one-at-a-time alternating between Random and Repeated sequences. Task performance was indicated by the time to complete the sequence (response time), and kinematic measures (hand path distance, peak velocity) were used to examine how movements changed over time. While the Left

SUBMITTER: Smith CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11569025 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature