Copyright (c) 2013 Utah State University All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hper_facpub Recent documents in Health, Physical Education and Recreation Faculty Publications en-us Sun, 27 Jan 2013 04:35:31 PST 3600 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hper_facpub/1 http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hper_facpub/1 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:44:31 PST Theories of motor learning predict that training a movement reduces the amount of attention needed for its performance (i.e. more automatic). If training one movement transfers, then the amount of attention needed for performing a second movement should also be reduced, as measured under dual task conditions. The purpose of this study was to test whether dual task paradigms are feasible for detecting transfer of training between two naturalistic movements. Immediately following motor training, subjects improved performance of a second untrained movement under both single and dual task conditions. Subjects with no training did not. Improved performance in the untrained movement was likely due to transfer, and suggests that dual tasks may be feasible for detecting transfer between naturalistic actions.

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