Contextual Interference in Complex Bimanual Skill Learning Leads to Better Skill Persistence

Lisa Pauwels; Stephan P. Swinnen; Iseult A. M. Beets

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100906

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Contextual Interference in Complex Bimanual Skill Learning Leads to Better Skill Persistence

Lisa Pauwels ,

* E-mail: Lisa.pauwels@faber.kuleuven.be

Affiliation KU Leuven, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Kinesiology, Group Biomedical Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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Stephan P. Swinnen,

Affiliations KU Leuven, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Kinesiology, Group Biomedical Sciences, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven, Leuven Research Institute for Neuroscience & Disease (LIND), Leuven, Belgium
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Iseult A. M. Beets

Affiliation KU Leuven, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Kinesiology, Group Biomedical Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
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Contextual Interference in Complex Bimanual Skill Learning Leads to Better Skill Persistence

Lisa Pauwels,
Stephan P. Swinnen,
Iseult A. M. Beets

Published: June 24, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100906

About the Authors

Lisa Pauwels

* E-mail: Lisa.pauwels@faber.kuleuven.be

Affiliation KU Leuven, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Kinesiology, Group Biomedical Sciences, Leuven, Belgium

Stephan P. Swinnen

Affiliations KU Leuven, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Kinesiology, Group Biomedical Sciences, Leuven, Belgium, KU Leuven, Leuven Research Institute for Neuroscience & Disease (LIND), Leuven, Belgium

Iseult A. M. Beets

Affiliation KU Leuven, Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Kinesiology, Group Biomedical Sciences, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LP SPS IAMB. Performed the experiments: LP. Analyzed the data: LP IAMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LP SPS IAMB. Wrote the paper: LP SPS IAMB.

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