Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel.
The Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
Learn Mem. 2021 Feb 16;28(3):72-75. doi: 10.1101/lm.052522.120. Print 2021 Mar.
How does the time of day of a practice session affect learning of a new motor sequence in the elderly? Participants practiced a given finger tapping sequence either during morning or evening hours. All participants robustly improved performance speed within the session concurrent with a reorganization of the tapping pattern of the sequence. However, evening-trained participants showed additional gains overnight and at 1 wk posttraining; moreover, evening training led to a further reorganization of the tapping pattern offline. A learning experience preceding nocturnal sleep can lead to a task-specific movement routine as an expression of novel "how to" knowledge in the elderly.
一天中的什么时段进行练习会影响老年人对新运动序列的学习?参与者在早上或晚上练习给定的手指敲击序列。所有参与者在练习过程中都显著提高了运动速度,同时对序列的敲击模式进行了重新组织。然而,晚上训练的参与者在夜间和训练后 1 周内仍有额外的提高;此外,晚上训练还导致敲击模式在离线状态下进一步重组。在夜间睡眠之前的学习经历可以导致特定于任务的运动常规,这是老年人新的“如何做”知识的表现。