Topic: Long-Training

We have recently shown that young healthy adults (re-)learn when deliberately repeating a well-rehearsed task of mundane activities, rather than just temporally adjust to new specific task conditions (Leizerowitz et al., 2023). When “de novo” learning occurs, the attainment of stabilized performance (‘plateau’) in the first session is deemed necessary to achieve a long-lasting routine. Here, we followed the effects of practice on the Timed-Up-and-Go (TUG) task, a clinical test comprised of highly-familiar motor activities - rising from a seated position, walking, turning, and returning to a se