Effect of repeated explicit instructions on visuomotor adaptation and intermanual transfer.

ABSTRACT: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of repeated explicit instructions on visuomotor adaptation, awareness, and intermanual transfer. In a comprehensive study design, 48 participants performed center-out reaching movements before and during exposure to a 60° rotation of visual feedback. Awareness and intermanual transfer were then determined. Twelve participants each were assigned to one of the following adaptation conditions: gradual adaptation, sudden adaptation without instructions, sudden adaptation with a single instruction before adaptation, and sudden adaptation with multiple instructions before and during adaptation. The explicit instructions explained the nature of the visual feedback perturbation and were given using an illustration of a clock face. Analysis

SUBMITTER: Werner S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9587957 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature