The “Motor” in Implicit Motor Sequence Learning: A Foot-stepping Serial Reaction Time Task

The overall goal of this experiment is to study how people learn a sequence of actions that mimic daily activities, and to elucidate the cognitive processes, specifically the explicit process operating an implicit motor sequence learning. This task provides a novel way to review the progress of development of the explicit wellness during implicit motor sequence learning. Using this task can help answer key questions in the motor learning and the developmental field, such as implicit motor sequence learning and its age-related development.

The key advantage of this technique is that compared to the classic SRT task, the foot-stepping in task involves greater motor control complexity and it allows us to better understand the learning of sequential skills in daily life, such as dancing, playing musical instruments, or playing sports. The implications of this technique extend to helping us understand children with movement difficulties, particularly the learning of motor sequences by children with something called developmental coordination disorder or DCD. We had first got the idea for this method when we watched one of our children, who we were studying, who had DCD, as he practiced the Wii game, Dance Dance Revolution"He was able to learn the sequence, despite the problems he was having with his motor control and his postural challenges.