Stable schizophrenia patients learn equally well as age-matched controls and better than elderly controls in two sensorimotor Rotary Pursuit tasks

Stable schizophrenia patients learn equally well as age-matched controls and better than elderly controls in two sensorimotor Rotary Pursuit tasks

Objective: To compare sensorimotor performance and learning in stable schizophrenia patients, healthy age- and sex-matched controls and elderly controls on two variations of the Rotary Pursuit: Circle Pursuit (true motor learning) and Figure Pursuit (motor and sequence learning).Method: In the Circ...

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Main Authors: Livia J. De Picker, Claudia eCornelis, Wouter eHulstijn, Glenn eDumont, Erik eFransen, Maarten eTimmers, Luc eJanssens, Manuel eMorrens, Bernard G.C. Sabbe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
Motor Skills
Schizophrenia
motor learning
procedural learning
Learning Curve
Ageing and cognitive function
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00165/full

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