TY - JOUR
T1 - Determining the optimal challenge point for learning motor skills in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
AU - Tollabi, Mohammad
AU - Boroujeni, Shahzad Tahmasebi
AU - Arabameri, Elahe
AU - Shahbazi, Mehdi
AU - Lohse, Keith R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate the optimal challenge point for learning motor skills in children with and without attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Ninety-six 9- to 10-year-old children, including 48 children with ADHD and 48 neurotypical children, were randomly assigned to one of four practice groups with varying levels of nominal and functional task difficulty. They performed 63 trials of a dart throwing task in the acquisition phase and 18 trials in the retention and transfer tests a day later. The results showed that neurotypical children outperformed children with ADHD in all phases of the study. Both groups improved in the acquisition phase and performed better in the retention and transfer tests. Interestingly, low nominal task difficulty was associated with better learning for both groups, despite lower average performance for children with ADHD. Thus, despite their performance differences, we did not find a difference in the effective challenge point between children with ADHD and their neurotypical peers.
AB - The purpose of this study was to investigate the optimal challenge point for learning motor skills in children with and without attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Ninety-six 9- to 10-year-old children, including 48 children with ADHD and 48 neurotypical children, were randomly assigned to one of four practice groups with varying levels of nominal and functional task difficulty. They performed 63 trials of a dart throwing task in the acquisition phase and 18 trials in the retention and transfer tests a day later. The results showed that neurotypical children outperformed children with ADHD in all phases of the study. Both groups improved in the acquisition phase and performed better in the retention and transfer tests. Interestingly, low nominal task difficulty was associated with better learning for both groups, despite lower average performance for children with ADHD. Thus, despite their performance differences, we did not find a difference in the effective challenge point between children with ADHD and their neurotypical peers.
KW - Dart throwing
KW - Functional task difficulty
KW - Motor learning
KW - Nominal task difficulty
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U2 - 10.1016/j.humov.2024.103296
DO - 10.1016/j.humov.2024.103296
M3 - Article
C2 - 39369556
AN - SCOPUS:85205448109
SN - 0167-9457
VL - 98
JO - Human Movement Science
JF - Human Movement Science
M1 - 103296
ER -