Aging Affects Motor Learning but Not Savings at Transfer of Learning

Autor/in	Seidler, Rachael D.
Titel	Aging Affects Motor Learning but Not Savings at Transfer of Learning
Quelle	In: Learning & Memory, 14 (2007) 1-2, S.17-21 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1072-0502
DOI	10.1101/lm.394707
Schlagwörter	Transfer of Training; Feedback; Learning Disabilities; Aging (Individuals); Perceptual Motor Learning; Spatial Ability; Skill Development; Educational Games; Intergenerational Programs; Cognitive Structures; Psychological Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Aging; Altern; Perceptual-motor learning; Sensumotorisches Lernen; Wahrnehmungsschulung; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Educational game; Lernspiel; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur
Abstract	Two important components of skill learning are the learning process itself (motor acquisition) and the ability to transfer what has been learned to new task variants (motor transfer). Many studies have documented age-related declines in the ability to learn new manual motor skills. In this study, I tested whether the degree of savings at transfer of learning is similarly affected by advancing age. Young and older adults made aiming movements with a joystick to hit targets presented on a computer screen, with real-time feedback display of their movement. They adapted to three different rotations of the feedback display in a sequential fashion, with return to the normal feedback display between each. Adaptation performance was better when it was preceded by other adaptive experiences, regardless of age. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10