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Binder, Ellen, Hagelweide, Klara, Wang, Ling E., Kornysheva, Katja ORCID: 0000-0002-1562-7880, Grefkes, Christian ORCID: 0000-0002-1656-720X, Fink, Gereon R. ORCID: 0000-0002-8230-1856 and Schubotz, Ricarda I. (2014). Sensory-guided motor tasks benefit from mental training based on serial prediction. Neuropsychologia, 54. S. 18 - 28. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. ISSN 1873-3514

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Abstract

Mental strategies have been suggested to constitute a promising approach to improve motor abilities in both healthy subjects and patients. This behavioural effect has been shown to be associated with changes of neural activity in premotor areas, not only during movement execution, but also while performing motor imagery or action observation. However, how well such mental tasks are performed is often difficult to assess, especially in patients. We here used a novel mental training paradigm based on the serial prediction task (SPT) in order to activate premotor circuits in the absence of a motor task. We then tested whether this intervention improves motor-related performance such as sensorimotor transformation. Two groups of healthy young participants underwent a single-blinded five-day cognitive training schedule and were tested in four different motor tests on the day before and after training. One group (N=22) received the SPT-training and the other one (N=21) received a control training based on a serial match-to-sample task. The results revealed significant improvements of the SPT-group in a sensorimotor timing task, i.e. synchronization of finger tapping to a visually presented rhythm, as well as improved visuomotor coordination in a sensory-guided pointing task compared to the group that received the control training. However, mental training did not show transfer effects on motor abilities in healthy subjects beyond the trained modalities as evident by non-significant changes in the Jebsen-Taylor handfunctiontest. In summary, the data suggest that mental training based on the serial prediction task effectively engages sensorimotor circuits and thereby improves motor behaviour. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Binder, Ellen UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hagelweide, Klara UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wang, Ling E. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kornysheva, Katja UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-1562-7880 UNSPECIFIED Grefkes, Christian UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-1656-720X UNSPECIFIED Fink, Gereon R. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-8230-1856 UNSPECIFIED Schubotz, Ricarda I. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-447849
DOI:	10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.11.018
Journal or Publication Title:	Neuropsychologia
Volume:	54
Page Range:	S. 18 - 28
Date:	2014
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	1873-3514
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language LATERAL PREMOTOR CORTEX; STROKE REHABILITATION; MOVEMENT KINEMATICS; FUNCTIONAL-ANATOMY; HAND FUNCTION; IMAGERY; PERFORMANCE; FMRI; REORGANIZATION; REPRESENTATION Multiple languages Behavioral Sciences; Neurosciences; Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/44784