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Research Articles

Using Dual Tasks to Test Immediate Transfer of Training Between Naturalistic Movements: A Proof-of-Principle Study

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Pages 313-327 | Received 15 Dec 2011, Accepted 28 Jun 2012, Published online: 30 Aug 2012
 

ABSTRACT

Theories of motor learning predict that training a movement reduces the amount of attention needed for its performance (i.e., more automatic). If training one movement transfers, then the amount of attention needed for performing a second movement should also be reduced, as measured under dual task conditions. The authors’ purpose was to test whether dual task paradigms are feasible for detecting transfer of training between two naturalistic movements. Immediately following motor training, subjects improved performance of a second untrained movement under single and dual task conditions. Subjects with no training did not. Improved performance in the untrained movement was likely due to transfer, and suggests that dual tasks may be feasible for detecting transfer between naturalistic actions.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This work was supported in part by National Institutes of Health R01HD055964, T32HD007434 to the Program in Physical Therapy at Washington University School of Medicine, and American Heart Association 10POST4140091.

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