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Effect of simple motor exercise on motor adaptation in complex dynamic tasks: exploring age-related variations

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This research presents a novel approach to studying how motor repetition influences adaptation in dexterous manipulation. Departing from traditional reaching tasks, we used a dynamic manipulation paradigm where participants were adapting to dynamic perturbations after force- or movement-based repetition exercises. These tasks engaged predictive or feedback motor processes. Our design accounted for hand dominance and age-related differences, providing a comprehensive framework to investigate how prior motor experience shapes learning, adaptation, and transfer in hand control.

Source: Journal of Neurophysiology

DOI: 10.1152/jn.00194.2025

Authors: Kimia Kiani, Qiushi Fu

Institution: University of Central Florida

Language: English

Topic: Motor Control and Adaptation

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Awards: Effect of force-based motor repetition on the control and learning of dexterous manipulation, G4267910219, Sensorimotor control of common-goal bimanual coordination