Motor Behavior

Procedural Motor Learning Facilitation and Consolida-tion by Neurofeedback

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Hasan Sepehri Bonab 1
Hasan Mohammadzade 2
Soghra Ebrahimi sani 3

1 Assistant Professor of Motor Behavior, Payame Noor Universtiy, Iran

2 Professor of Motor Behavior, University of Urmia

3 Ph. D. Student of Motor Development, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

https://doi.org/10.22089/mbj.2018.1188
Abstract
The aim of present study was to investigate the effect of neurofeedback training to facilitate the acquisition and procedural motor learning of a new task. The population of this research was all male students in Urmia University (2014-2015) from which 47 (mean age; 23.20±1.96) were selected as available sample and were randomized into four groups; (NFB + MPL, N=12), (NFB, N=11), (MPL, N=12), (control, N=12). Subjects were right-hand dominant and performed the pursuit rotor task in an inverted mode with their non-dominant (left) hand. Motor procedural learning was measured as performance increment on pursuit rotor task across trail blocks on the same day and consolidation was evaluated following a 24-hour rest. The neurofeedback protocol includes activating of the right primary motor cortex and suppression of Mu rhythm (8–12 Hz) c4 in a single session for 30 minutes. The analysis of variance with repeated measures showed that compared with other groups, neurofeedback training of (NFB + MPL) group had significantly more effects on motor procedural learning, but no significant durable effect on learning. Generally, the results showed that a single session of NFB immediately after individual training sessions caused facilitation of performance and learning and acceleration of the early acquisition of a motor procedural task.

Keywords

Motor Procedural Learning
EEG-Neurofeedback Training
Pursuit Rotor

Subjects

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Motor Behavior
Volume 10, Issue 31
Spring 2018
Spring 2018
Pages 129-146

  • Receive Date 26 July 2016
  • Revise Date 25 December 2016
  • Accept Date 24 December 2016

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