Musical training improves fine motor function in adolescents.
Adolescent
Fine motor
Finger tapping
Maturation
Musical experience
Task complexity
Journal
Trends in neuroscience and education
ISSN: 2211-9493
Titre abrégé: Trends Neurosci Educ
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101613233
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2022
06 2022
Historique:
received:
23
12
2021
revised:
01
04
2022
accepted:
12
04
2022
entrez:
2
5
2022
pubmed:
3
5
2022
medline:
6
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Adolescence is a sensitive period in motor development but little is known about how long-term learning dependent processes shape hand function in tasks of different complexity. We mapped two fundamental aspects of hand function: simple repetitive and complex sequential finger movements, as a function of the length of musical instrumental training. We controlled maturational factors such as chronological and biological age of adolescent female participants (11 to 15 years of age, n = 114). We demonstrated that experience improves performance as a function of task complexity, the more complex task being more susceptible for experience driven performance changes. Overall, these results suggest that fine motor skills involving cognitive control and relying on long-range functional brain networks are substantially shaped by experience. On the other hand, performance in a simple repetitive task that explains fine motor speed is primarily determined by white matter development driven by maturational factors.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Adolescence is a sensitive period in motor development but little is known about how long-term learning dependent processes shape hand function in tasks of different complexity.
PROCEDURE
We mapped two fundamental aspects of hand function: simple repetitive and complex sequential finger movements, as a function of the length of musical instrumental training. We controlled maturational factors such as chronological and biological age of adolescent female participants (11 to 15 years of age, n = 114).
RESULTS
We demonstrated that experience improves performance as a function of task complexity, the more complex task being more susceptible for experience driven performance changes.
CONCLUSION
Overall, these results suggest that fine motor skills involving cognitive control and relying on long-range functional brain networks are substantially shaped by experience. On the other hand, performance in a simple repetitive task that explains fine motor speed is primarily determined by white matter development driven by maturational factors.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35501026
pii: S2211-9493(22)00006-0
doi: 10.1016/j.tine.2022.100176
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
100176Informations de copyright
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