The role of different brain regions in motor learning.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- healthy subjects, no health problem
- Registration Number
- DRKS00005943
- Lead Sponsor
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaft
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 49
Inclusion Criteria
Right handed people aged 18 to 35 years without neurological disorders.
Exclusion Criteria
Known neurological disorders, metal or electronic implants in head, eyes or upper body. Tattoos at the head. Physical disability that impairs test execution (e.g. amputation of right arm). Involvement in other studies potentially interacting with the tDCS within 48 hours prior to testing.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Amount of explicit Learning as indicated by the result of the explicit test when comparing pre and post training phase (cf. Hegele, M., & Heuer, H. (2010a). Consciousness and Cognition, 19(4), 906–917.;<br>Hegele, M., & Heuer, H. (2010b). PLoS One, 5(8), e12071. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012071;<br>Hegele, M., & Heuer, H. (2013). Psychology and Aging, 28(2), 333–9.;<br>Heuer, H., & Hegele, M. (2011). Journal of Neurophysiology, 106(4), 2078–85.)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Amount of implicit Learning as indicated by the result of the implicit test when comparing pre and post training phase (cf. Hegele, M., & Heuer, H. (2010a). Consciousness and Cognition, 19(4), 906–917.;<br>Hegele, M., & Heuer, H. (2010b). PLoS One, 5(8), e12071. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012071;<br>Hegele, M., & Heuer, H. (2013). Psychology and Aging, 28(2), 333–9.;<br>Heuer, H., & Hegele, M. (2011). Journal of Neurophysiology, 106(4), 2078–85.)