Enhanced cognitive performance after multiple adaptations to visuomotor transformations

Gerd Schmitz

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0274759

Enhanced cognitive performance after multiple adaptations to visuomotor transformations

Gerd Schmitz^*

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Institute of Sports Science

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Abstract

Several studies reported that adaptation to a visuomotor transformation correlates with the performance in cognitive performance tests. However, it is unclear whether there is a causal relationship between sensorimotor adaptation and cognitive performance. The present study examined whether repeated adaptations to double steps and rotated feedback increase cognitive performance assessed by neuropsychological tests in a pre-post design. The participants of the intervention group adapted in 24 sessions their hand movements to visuomotor transformations with increasing size. Pre-post changes were significantly larger in the intervention group than in a control group without training. This result suggests a causal relationship between sensorimotor adaptation training and cognitive performance.

Original language	English
Article number	e0274759
Pages (from-to)	e0274759
Number of pages	19
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	17
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274759
Publication status	Published - 21 Sept 2022

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