Prior experience but not size of error improves motor learning on the split-belt treadmill in young children.

Children can modify learned motor skills, such as walking, to adapt to new environments. Movement errors in these new situations drive the learning. We used split-belt walking to determine whether size of the error affects the degree of learning. Twenty-two children (aged 2-5 y) walked on the split-...

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Main Authors: Susan K Patrick, Kristin E Musselman, Junichi Tajino, Hsiu-Chung Ou, Amy J Bastian, Jaynie F Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3968172?pdf=render