News tagged with motor tasks

Brain connections break down as we age

It's unavoidable: breakdowns in brain connections slow down our physical response times as we age, a new study suggests.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Brain develops motor memory for prosthetics, study finds

"Practice makes perfect" is the maxim drummed into students struggling to learn a new motor skill - be it riding a bike or developing a killer backhand in tennis. Stunning new research now reveals that the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Men Are More Accurate than Women When Hitting a Target with Force in the Dark

(PhysOrg.com) -- Could it be that men have evolved to be more accurate at hitting a target with a weapon in the dark than women? That’s the surprising question left after a recent small study of human biomechanics conducted ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

The science of hammering

Scientists are studying hammering ability as a model for difficult motor tasks. The results, to be presented on Sunday, June 28, at the Society for Experimental Biology meeting, indicate that there is a surprising ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Memory problems not the only predictor of later mild cognitive impairment

Mild cognitive impairment is often seen as a transition stage between the cognitive decline of normal aging and the more serious problems of Alzheimer's disease. But what leads to mild cognitive impairment?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0