Trial-to-trial motor behavior during a reinforcement learning task in children ages 6 to 12
We found evidence that children utilize motor exploration in the target space of a target throwing task. After failed trials they exhibited increased variability to search for more optimal motor solutions. After successes, they minimized variability to create the same successful performance.
Authors
- Natasha Marrus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6521-0373)
- Catherine E. Lang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7120-0136)
- Jeffrey D. Konrad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8363-644X)
- Keith R. Lohse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7643-3887)
Institutions
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Human Movement Science
- Published
- 2024-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2024.103317
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.74
Funders
- Foundation for Physical Therapy
- National Institutes of Health