title: Sensorimotor Learning in a Computerized Athletic Training Battery.
abstract: Sensorimotor abilities are crucial for performance in athletic, military, and other occupational activities, and there is great interest in understanding learning in these skills. Here, behavioral performance was measured over three days as twenty-seven participants practiced multiple sessions on the Nike SPARQ Sensory Station (Nike, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon), a computerized visual and motor assessment battery. Wrist-worn actigraphy was recorded to monitor sleep-wake cycles. Significant learning was observed in tasks with high visuomotor control demands but not in tasks of visual sensitivity. Learning was primarily linear, with up to 60% improvement, but did not relate to sleep quality in this normal-sleeping population. These results demonstrate differences in the rate and capacity for learning across perceptual and motor domains, indicating potential targets for sensorimotor training interventions.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science , Duke University Hospital , Durham , North Carolina.
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krasich
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science , Duke University Hospital , Durham , North Carolina.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ramger
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science , Duke University Hospital , Durham , North Carolina.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Holton
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science , Duke University Hospital , Durham , North Carolina.|b Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University , Durham , North Carolina.
authors.forename: Lingling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: b Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University , Durham , North Carolina.|c Department of Psychology & Neuroscience , Duke University , Durham , North Carolina.
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Mitroff
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science , Duke University Hospital , Durham , North Carolina.|b Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University , Durham , North Carolina.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gregory Appelbaum
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: motor control; perception and action; sensorimotor learning; sleep; vision