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  • Motor Learning
  • Aging Research

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  • Motor memories are consolidated offline after practice.
  • Reactivating and reconsolidating motor memories can enhance learning.
  • Brief practice of previously learned skills optimizes intermanual transfer in young adults.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of brief versus long motor memory reactivation on motor learning in older adults.
  • To compare age-related differences in reactivation-based motor learning.

Main Methods:

  • Forty older adults completed a visuomotor tracing task with either brief (3) or long (10) practice sessions over two weeks.
  • Intermanual transfer, speed, accuracy, and skill were assessed.
  • Results were compared to previously published data from younger adults.

Main Results:

  • Older adults showed no significant differences in intermanual transfer based on practice reactivation length.
  • Unlike younger adults, brief reactivation did not enhance motor task transfer in older adults.
  • Age-related differences were observed in the effectiveness of motor memory reactivation schedules.

Conclusions:

  • Motor task transfer in healthy younger adults benefits from brief memory reactivation, but this effect is not observed in older adults.
  • Results suggest the need for age-specific motor training approaches.
  • Findings have implications for physical rehabilitation, sports, and music training programs.