Motor and mental training in older people: Transfer, interference, and associated functional neural responses
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Motor and mental training in older people : Transfer, interference, and associated functional neural responses. / Boraxbekk, C. J.; Hagkvist, Filip; Lindner, Philip.
I: Neuropsychologia, Bind 89, 01.08.2016, s. 371-377.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Motor and mental training in older people
T2 - Transfer, interference, and associated functional neural responses
AU - Boraxbekk, C. J.
AU - Hagkvist, Filip
AU - Lindner, Philip
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2016 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - Learning new motor skills may become more difficult with advanced age. In the present study, we randomized 56 older individuals, including 30 women (mean age 70.6 years), to 6 weeks of motor training, mental (motor imagery) training, or a combination of motor and mental training of a finger tapping sequence. Performance improvements and post-training functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) were used to investigate performance gains and associated underlying neural processes. Motor-only training and a combination of motor and mental training improved performance in the trained task more than mental-only training. The fMRI data showed that motor training was associated with a representation in the premotor cortex and mental training with a representation in the secondary visual cortex. Combining motor and mental training resulted in both premotor and visual cortex representations. During fMRI scanning, reduced performance was observed in the combined motor and mental training group, possibly indicating interference between the two training methods. We concluded that motor and motor imagery training in older individuals is associated with different functional brain responses. Furthermore, adding mental training to motor training did not result in additional performance gains compared to motor-only training and combining training methods may result in interference between representations, reducing performance.
AB - Learning new motor skills may become more difficult with advanced age. In the present study, we randomized 56 older individuals, including 30 women (mean age 70.6 years), to 6 weeks of motor training, mental (motor imagery) training, or a combination of motor and mental training of a finger tapping sequence. Performance improvements and post-training functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) were used to investigate performance gains and associated underlying neural processes. Motor-only training and a combination of motor and mental training improved performance in the trained task more than mental-only training. The fMRI data showed that motor training was associated with a representation in the premotor cortex and mental training with a representation in the secondary visual cortex. Combining motor and mental training resulted in both premotor and visual cortex representations. During fMRI scanning, reduced performance was observed in the combined motor and mental training group, possibly indicating interference between the two training methods. We concluded that motor and motor imagery training in older individuals is associated with different functional brain responses. Furthermore, adding mental training to motor training did not result in additional performance gains compared to motor-only training and combining training methods may result in interference between representations, reducing performance.
KW - Brain imaging
KW - Lifelong plasticity
KW - Motor imagery
KW - Motor training
KW - Older people
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84979577992&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.07.019
DO - 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.07.019
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 27450266
AN - SCOPUS:84979577992
VL - 89
SP - 371
EP - 377
JO - Neuropsychologia
JF - Neuropsychologia
SN - 0028-3932
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ID: 339142044