Alpha absolute power: motor learning of practical pistol shooting

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Clayton Amaral Domingues²  Sergio Machado²  Emerson Garcia Cavaleiro¹  Vernon Furtado¹  Mauricio Cagy¹  Pedro Ribeiro²  Roberto Piedade² 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Instituto de Psiquiatria Laboratório de Mapeamento Cerebral e Integração Sensório-MotoraRio de Janeiro RJ ,Brasil

关键词: qEEG;    pistol shooting;    motor learning;    EEGq;    tiro de pistola;    aprendizagem motora;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2008000300010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The present study aimed at investigating changes in behavior (shooting precision) and electrophysiological variables (absolute alpha power) during the motor learning of practical pistol shooting. The sample was composed of 23 healthy subjects, right-handed, male, between 18 and 20 years of age. The task consisted of four learning blocks. A One-way ANOVA with repeated measures and a post hoc analysis were employed to observe modifications on behavioral and electrophysiological measures (p<0.05). The results showed significative differences between blocks according to motor learning, and a significant improvement in shooting's accuracy from both blocks. It was observed a decrease in alpha power in all electrodes examined during task execution when compared with baseline and learning control blocks. The findings suggest that alpha power decreases as the function of the motor learning task when subjects are engaged in the motor execution.

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