Transfer of piano practice in fast performance of skilled finger movements

BMC Neuroscience

Noriko Nagata¹  Ayumi Nakamura¹  Shinichi Furuya² 

[1] Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Sanda, Japan;Institute for Music Physiology and Musicians’ Medicine, Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media, Emmichplatz 1, Hannover 30175, Germany

关键词: Motor skill;    Fine motor control;    Neuroplasticity;    Motor learning;    Transfer;   

Others  :  1139928
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2202-14-133

 received in 2013-08-09, accepted in 2013-10-30,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Transfer of learning facilitates the efficient mastery of various skills without practicing all possible sensory-motor repertoires. The present study assessed whether motor practice at a submaximal speed, which is typical in sports and music performance, results in an increase in a maximum speed of finger movements of trained and untrained skills.

Results

Piano practice of sequential finger movements at a submaximal speed over days progressively increased the maximum speed of trained movements. This increased maximum speed of finger movements was maintained two months after the practice. The learning transferred within the hand to some extent, but not across the hands.

Conclusions

The present study confirmed facilitation of fast finger movements following a piano practice at a submaximal speed. In addition, the findings indicated the intra-manual transfer effects of piano practice on the maximum speed of skilled finger movements.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Furuya et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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