miércoles, 8 de junio de 2011

Abstract: Procedural consolidation

Practice is vital to the acquisition of new skills, but the brain does not stop processing information when practice stops. After practice, changes take place that strengthen and modify the new skill. This is what raises  Edwin Robertson.
These changes, described under the umbrella term “consolidation”, take two distinct forms: the enhancement of skills and the stabilization of memories. Here we describe and evaluate the evidence for these types of consolidation.
Aims: in this study is to demostrate that the practice is vital for the acquisition of new skills and through this you can achieve better motor skills. Trough consolidation, a new, initially fragile memory is transformed into a robust and stable memory.
Methods: we performed the same task in 20 individuals, after a while practice is going to measure whether learning levels change over time.
Results: experiment in this group of people, got the expected result, wich improves motor skills with the practice of the task that had to do these 20 people during periods of time.
Conclusion: the best way to improve the hability of motor activity to perform a task, is to practice this task many times for the brain to be able to improve and save new skill.