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Exercise enhances motor skill learning by neurotransmitter switching in the adult midbrain. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Physical exercise promotes motor skill learning in normal individuals and those with neurological disorders but its mechanism of action is unclear. We find that one week of voluntary wheel running enhances the acquisition of motor skills in normal adult ...
Li, Hui-Quan, Spitzer, Nicholas C
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An Investigation into the Effect of Sequencing Imagery and Physical Practices on the Immediate and Delayed Bilateral Transfer of a Throwing Task by Women with Hemiplegia

open access: yesمجله پژوهش در علوم توانبخشی, 2019
Introduction: Transfer of learning is one of the most important instructional and rehabilitating techniques used widely in the treatment of some diseases around the world. The present study aimed to examine the effect of sequencing two types of practice,
Sona Ghaleh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Attentional Focus of Supra-Postural Task on Performance and Learning of Postural Control in Girls Aged between 9 and 12 [PDF]

open access: yesرشد و یادگیری حرکتی ورزشی, 2017
Postural control is one of the important abilities in daily life and sport activities of human beings and the importance of focus of attention is always discussed in this issue.
Nastaran Naderirad   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beat Detection Recruits the Visual Cortex in Early Blind Subjects

open access: yesLife, 2021
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, here we monitored the brain activity in 12 early blind subjects and 12 blindfolded control subjects, matched for age, gender and musical experience, during a beat detection task.
Rodrigo Araneda   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Eye movements may cause motor contagion effects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
When a person executes a movement, the movement is more errorful while observing another person’s actions that are incongruent rather than congruent with the executed action. This effect is known as “motor contagion”.
Constable, Merryn   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The Effectiveness of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on Working Memory in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) [PDF]

open access: yesرشد و یادگیری حرکتی ورزشی, 2019
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on working memory in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD).
Golchin Shokreh, Fatemeh Hosseini
doaj   +1 more source

Linking cognitive functioning and postural balance control through virtual reality environmental manipulations

open access: yesFrontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2022
BackgroundDementia is becoming a relevant problem worldwide. A simple screening at an early stage will be important to detect the risk of developing dementia. Vestibular dysfunction is likely to be associated with cognitive impairment. Since head-mounted
Yu Imaoka   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Perceived Motivational Climate and Slef – Determination of Judokas in Iranian Pro League [PDF]

open access: yesرشد و یادگیری حرکتی ورزشی, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between perceived motivational climate and self – determination Judokas in Iranian pro league, which was carried out by a descriptive field method.
Behrouz Abdoli   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human Like Adaptation of Force and Impedance in Stable and Unstable Tasks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
—This paper presents a novel human-like learning con-troller to interact with unknown environments. Strictly derived from the minimization of instability, motion error, and effort, the controller compensates for the disturbance in the environment in ...
Albu-Schaeffer, A   +5 more
core   +1 more source

“Tricking the Brain” Using Immersive Virtual Reality: Modifying the Self-Perception Over Embodied Avatar Influences Motor Cortical Excitability and Action Initiation

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2022
To offer engaging neurorehabilitation training to neurologic patients, motor tasks are often visualized in virtual reality (VR). Recently introduced head-mounted displays (HMDs) allow to realistically mimic the body of the user from a first-person ...
Karin A. Buetler   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

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