Browsing Theses by Subject "motor learning"
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The Effect of Acute Aerobic Exercise on the Consolidation of Motor Memories
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-22)Previous research has shown that acute aerobic exercise performed prior to motor training can assist with motor skill acquisition through enhancement of motor cortical plasticity. Recently, studies using high intensity ... -
Long-term effects of concussion: Investigating the relationship between sensory gating and motor learning
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-14)Motor learning relies on the sensorimotor system to interpret, adapt, and integrate sensory inputs to guide motor behavior. A key tenet of the somatosensory system is the ability to inhibit irrelevant information from the ... -
Postural motor learning and the effects of age on practice-related improvements in compensatory posture control
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-27)The purpose of this thesis was to examine the capacity for acquisition and retention of practice-related improvements in compensatory posture control and the nature of postural motor learning among healthy young and older ... -
Understanding Mode and Modality Transfer in Unistroke Gesture Input
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-22)Unistroke gestures are an attractive input method with an extensive research history, but one challenge with their usage is that the gestures are not always self-revealing. To obtain expertise with these gestures, interaction ...