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Research article summary:
Facilitating acquisition and transfer of a continuous motor task in healthy older adults and patients with Alzheimers disease.
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This study examined the acquisition and transfer of a fine motor skill, namely the rotary pursuit, in 99 patients with Alzheimers disease (AD) and 100 normal controls (NCs). To identify optimal learning strategies, the authors had participants practice ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2003Apr
in Journal: Neuropsychology
(Language : eng)
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2003 Apr;17(2):202-12
Facilitating acquisition and transfer of a continuous motor task in healthy older adults and patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Dick MB, Hsieh S, Bricker J, Dick-Muehlke C
Institute for Brain Aging & Dementia, University of California, Irvine 92697-4285, USA. mcdick@uci.edu
This study examined the acquisition and transfer of a fine motor skill, namely the rotary pursuit, in 99 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 100 normal controls (NCs). To identify optimal learning strategies, the authors had participants practice the rotary pursuit under constant, blocked, random, or no training conditions. Transfer was assessed using speeds that were different from those practiced during acquisition. AD patients and NCs receiving constant practice outperformed their peers in the blocked and random conditions during acquisition. Whereas all 3 types of practice facilitated transfer in the NCs, AD patients only benefited from constant practice. The inability of the AD patients to benefit from variable practice suggests that these individuals may have difficulty accessing and/or forming motor schemas.
PMID : 12803425 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Malcolm B | Dick | MB |
| Susie | Hsieh | S |
| Josh | Bricker | J |
| Cordula | Dick-Muehlke | C |
Affiliation: Institute for Brain Aging & Dementia, University of California, Irvine 92697-4285, USA. mcdick@uci.edu
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