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Clinical Pilates in Practice: Prediction of Motor Learning (February 2022)

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The authors of this paper used an ethological approach to test the hypothesis that practice-related refinements of multiple behavioural features would be independently predictive of motor learning.

Perry, Christopher M., Tarkeshwar Singh, Kayla G. Springer, Adam T. Harrison, Alexander C. McLain, and Troy M. Herter. "Multiple processes independently predict motor learning." Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 17, no. 1 (2020). doi:10.1186/s12984-020-00766-3.

KEY POINTS: PREDICTION OF MOTOR LEARNING

Motor learning results from neural adaptations that produce refinements of behavioural features of motor tasks.
Motor learning can induce changes in visual processing that are associated with the refinements of skilled limb movement.
The interactions between skilled limb movements and visual search lead to coordinated patterns of the eyes and limbs (ie., hand-eye coordination).
Experts with different visuomotor skills have...

Clinical Pilates in Practice: Choice & Skill Learning (January 2021)

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This small study observed the motor learning effects of allowing small choices by individuals.

An, Jongseong, Rebecca Lewthwaite, Seungmin Lee, and Gabriele Wulf. "Choice of practice-task order enhances golf skill learning." Psychology of Sport and Exercise 50 (2020), 101737. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2020.101737.

KEY POINTS: CHOICE OF PRACTICE ORDER & SKILL LEARNING

Autonomy is a key motivational factor in the OPTIMAL theory of motor learning.¹
- Enhances expectancies for performance.
- Increases task focus.
- Enhanced processing of task errors.
- Greater neuro-cognitive engagement.
Lack of autonomy can be stressful and therefore negatively impact performance.
- Stress also takes focus away from task performance.
In the "choice group", participants selected the order of their practice, which were seemingly small choices.
Having a choice enhanced learning, compared to the group that did not choose the order of their practice.
Positive...

Clinical Pilates in Practice: Prediction of Motor Learning (February 2022)

KEY POINTS: PREDICTION OF MOTOR LEARNING

Clinical Pilates in Practice: Choice & Skill Learning (January 2021)

KEY POINTS: CHOICE OF PRACTICE ORDER & SKILL LEARNING

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