Motor timing learned without motor training.
Improvements due to perceptual training are often specific to the trained task and do not generalize to similar perceptual tasks. Surprisingly, given this history of highly constrained, context-specific perceptual learning, we found that training on a perceptual task showed significant transfer to a motor task. This result provides evidence for a common neural architecture underlying analysis of sensory input and control of motor output, and suggests a potential role for perception in motor development and rehabilitation.
Meegan
D V
DV
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Meliora Hall, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA. meegan@psy.uoguelph.ca
Aslin
R N
RN
Jacobs
R A
RA
D000328:Adult; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology*; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000502:physiology; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors