Interference to consolidation phase gains in learning a novel movement sequence by handwriting: Dependence on laterality and the level of experience with the written sequence

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-246

  Balas, Meirav ^a,b   Netser, Shai ^a   Giladi, Nir ^b,c   Karni, Avi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Handwriting; Interference; Memory consolidation; Motor learning; Motor memory; Motor representation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HANDWRITING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MOVEMENT; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249982945     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-0851-1     Document Type: Article

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