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Hogrefe, Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie, 4(21), p. 247-258, 2010

DOI: 10.1024/1016-264x/a000022

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Transfer of Motor Learning in a Visuomotor Tracking Task for Healthy Old and Young Adults

Journal article published in 2010 by Kai Lutz, Lutz Jäncke, Mike Martin ORCID
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Abstract

Using a continuous bimanual tracking task with three different movement speeds, we examined motor learning and transfer in older adults. Three groups of subjects within each age group learned only one particular trajectory during training of 40 trials, while the other two trajectories were not practiced during this period. Motor learning (measured as absolute and relative reduction in tracking error) was identified in all subjects. The most important finding was that motor learning was present even for the trajectories that were not practiced to almost the same degree as for practiced trajectories and motor skills for visuomotor tracking show the same amount of improvement and transfer in young and older adults.