Different post-training processes in children's and adults' motor skill learning.
Do young children and adults share similar underlying motor skill learning mechanisms? Past studies have shown that school-aged children's speed of performance developed over wake periods of a few hours post-training. Such training-dependent gains were not found in adults. In the current study...
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| author | Esther Adi-Japha Esther Adi-Japha Roni Berke Nehama Shaya Mona S Julius |
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| description | Do young children and adults share similar underlying motor skill learning mechanisms? Past studies have shown that school-aged children's speed of performance developed over wake periods of a few hours post-training. Such training-dependent gains were not found in adults. In the current study of children as young as 5-years-old and young adults who practiced a simple grapho-motor task, this finding was replicated only by the children that showed faster performance a few hours post-training. These positive gains in performance speed were retained two weeks later. Furthermore, among the children, variations in gains attained a few hours post-training were associated with initial performance level. These behavioral findings indicate different underlying post-training processes in children's and adults' motor skill learning thus, supporting differential tutoring of skills. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d0d8e38ff69b4112b98e3183d1ed7b6b2022-12-21T23:09:41ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032019-01-01141e021065810.1371/journal.pone.0210658Different post-training processes in children's and adults' motor skill learning.Esther Adi-JaphaEsther Adi-JaphaRoni BerkeNehama ShayaMona S JuliusDo young children and adults share similar underlying motor skill learning mechanisms? Past studies have shown that school-aged children's speed of performance developed over wake periods of a few hours post-training. Such training-dependent gains were not found in adults. In the current study of children as young as 5-years-old and young adults who practiced a simple grapho-motor task, this finding was replicated only by the children that showed faster performance a few hours post-training. These positive gains in performance speed were retained two weeks later. Furthermore, among the children, variations in gains attained a few hours post-training were associated with initial performance level. These behavioral findings indicate different underlying post-training processes in children's and adults' motor skill learning thus, supporting differential tutoring of skills.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210658 |
| spellingShingle | Esther Adi-Japha Esther Adi-Japha Roni Berke Nehama Shaya Mona S Julius Different post-training processes in children's and adults' motor skill learning. PLoS ONE |
| title | Different post-training processes in children's and adults' motor skill learning. |
| title_full | Different post-training processes in children's and adults' motor skill learning. |
| title_fullStr | Different post-training processes in children's and adults' motor skill learning. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Different post-training processes in children's and adults' motor skill learning. |
| title_short | Different post-training processes in children's and adults' motor skill learning. |
| title_sort | different post training processes in children s and adults motor skill learning |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210658 |
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