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Context-dependent motor skill: perceptual processing in memory-based sequence production.

Marit F L Ruitenberg1, Elger L Abrahamse, Elian De Kleine

  • 1Cognitive Psychology and Ergonomics, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands. m.f.l.ruitenberg@utwente.nl

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Motor sequence learning benefits from context, even when memory-based. Changing the learning context during testing impairs performance, indicating context-dependent preparation and execution processes.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Motor Control

Background:

  • Motor sequencing skill acquisition is known to benefit from contextual cues.
  • Context-dependence in motor learning persists even when task performance is not directly supported by external stimuli.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate context-dependence in fully memory-based motor sequences.
  • To differentiate between preparation and execution processes in sequence production.

Main Methods:

  • Participants performed keying sequences in a go/no-go discrete sequence production task.
  • Context was manipulated using key colors (same, reversed, novel) during practice and testing phases.

Main Results:

  • Performance was impaired in the reversed context condition compared to same and novel contexts.
  • This impairment occurred irrespective of the amount of practice, suggesting context affects online processes.

Conclusions:

  • Online preparation and execution of motor sequences are sensitive to context changes.
  • A single cognitive processor likely handles both online and advance sequence preparation and is highly context-sensitive.