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| Pennsylvania Department of Health | OTHER_GOV |
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The overall goal of this study is to gain insight into the neural mechanisms of learning multiple tasks. By examination of cognitive and behavioral output during the performance and learning of several computer maze tasks, and through a detailed examination of the neural activity obtained from functional near-infrared (fNIR) and electroencephalography (EEG), it may be possible to gain insight into the impact of the amount of practice and the organization of practice has on learning fine motor skills. This insight may provide direction as to how to better develop instructional and rehabilitation protocols in addition to clinical interventions to facilitate recovery of function, relearning and transfer of cognitive and fine motor skills based upon neural responses to physical practice.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Practice Schedules | Experimental | Subjects are randomly assigned to either a blocked or random practice schedule when learning three 3-D computer mazes. A blocked practice schedule is created when the tasks to be learned are presented in a predictable order, while a random practice schedule has tasks presented in a nonsequential, unpredictable order. Neural activity and behavioral measures will differ for the two practice schedules. For memory and transfer, it is predicted that random practice will be better than blocked practice. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Practice Order | Behavioral | Blocked order - predictable Random order - unpredictable |
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| metabolic measures of neural activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex | Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIR) uses specific wavelets of light, that are introduced at the scalp to measure changes in the relative ratios of deoxygenated hemoglobin and oxygenated hemoglobin in the capillary beds during brain activity. | outcomes measured 72 - 96 hours post-training |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Behavioral measures | maze behavioral responses of time to traverse the maze (sec), distance traveled (pixels)and average maze velocity (pixels/sec) are calculated. | measured 72-96 hours post training |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Patricia A Shewokis, PhD | Drexel University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Cognitive Motor Movement Neuroscience Lab (CoMMoNS) - rm 3612 NCB, Drexel University | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19102 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 22005455 | Result | Ayaz H, Shewokis PA, Curtin A, Izzetoglu M, Izzetoglu K, Onaral B. Using MazeSuite and functional near infrared spectroscopy to study learning in spatial navigation. J Vis Exp. 2011 Oct 8;(56):3443. doi: 10.3791/3443. | |
| Result | Shewokis PA, Ayaz H, Izzetoglu M, Bunce S, Gentili RJ, Sela I, Izzetoglu K, Onaral B. Brain in the Loop: Assessing Learning using fNIR in cognitive and motor tasks. D.D. Schmorrow and C.M. Fidopiastis (Eds.).Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 6780: 240-249. 2011. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011. | ||
| Result | Shewokis PA, Ayaz H, Izzetoglu K, Izzetoglu M, Bunce SC, Schultheis MT, Pourrezaei K. Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activity during the learning of computer tasks in a contextual interference paradigm using fNIRs: a case series. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology 30: S130. 2008. | ||
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| Shewokis PA, Ayaz H, Izzetoglu M, Getchell N, Izzetoglu K. the acquisition and learning of computer tasks in a contextual interference paradigm: Using functional near infrared spectroscopy to examine prefrontal cortex activity. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. 32: S127-S128. 2010. |