They say practice makes perfect, but DYK taking short breaks may be just as critical to achieving mastery of a new skill? An NIH research team published findings on how brief periods of rest can aid skill learning. Learn more: BrainAwarenessWeek
The findings give insights into how people acquire skills and may help those recovering from stroke or other brain injury.South_agency / E+ via Getty Images
A research team led by Leonardo G. Cohen of NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke set out to understand how short periods of rest while awake aid skill learning. Their findings were published inThe team mapped the brain activity of 33 right-handed volunteers as they learned to type a five-digit code with their left hands. Brain waves were recorded using a sensitive scanning technique called magnetoencephalography.
Over the course of the first eleven practice trials, these compressed versions of the activity were replayed about 25 times per rest period. This was two to three times more often than the activity seen during later rest periods or after the experiments had ended.
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