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01-09-2008 | Original Article

An egocentric frame of reference in implicit motor sequence learning

Auteurs: Jessica K. Witt, James Ashe, Daniel T. Willingham

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 5/2008

Abstract

We investigated which frame of reference is evoked during implicit motor sequence learning. Participants completed a typical serial reaction time task. In the first experiment, we isolated egocentric and allocentric frames of reference and found that learning was solely in an egocentric reference frame. In a second experiment, we isolated hand-centered space from other egocentric frames of reference. We found that for a one-handed sequencing task, the sequence was coded in an egocentric reference frame but not a hand-centered reference frame. Our results are restricted to implicit learning of novel sequences in the early stages of learning. These findings are consistent with claims that the neural mechanisms involved in motor skill learning operate in egocentric coordinates.

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Titel: An egocentric frame of reference in implicit motor sequence learning
Auteurs: Jessica K. Witt
James Ashe
Daniel T. Willingham
Publicatiedatum: 01-09-2008
Uitgeverij: Springer-Verlag
Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research / Uitgave 5/2008
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-007-0129-z

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