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Messing A, Apthorp D. Autistic traits are associated with individual differences in finger tapping: an online study. PeerJ 2023; 11:e15406. [PMID: 37214091 PMCID: PMC10198151 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
Abstract
In a novel online study, we explored whether finger tapping differences are evident in people with autistic traits in the general population. We hypothesised that those with higher autistic traits would show more impairment in finger tapping, and that age would moderate tapping output. The study included a non-diagnosed population of 159 participants aged 18-78 who completed an online measure of autistic traits (the AQ-10) and a measure of finger tapping (the FTT). Results showed those with higher AQ-10 scores recorded lower tapping scores in both hands. Moderation analysis showed younger participants with more autistic traits recorded lower tapping scores for the dominant hand. This suggests motor differences seen in autism studies are evident in the general population.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alycia Messing
- School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
- School of Computing, Australian National University, Canberra, New South Wales, Australia
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Ma X, Liu P, Law S, Ravindran N, Xu B, Fan T, Feng K. Characteristics of psychomotor retardation distinguishes patients with depression using multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy and finger tapping task. J Affect Disord 2022; 318:255-262. [PMID: 36087791 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Psychomotor retardation (PMR) is frequently noted as a characteristic feature of major depressive disorder (MDD). In patients with depression, it is characterized by retardation of speech, emotion, thinking, and cognition. This study explored the activation pattern of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) during the finger-tapping task (FTT) in subjects with MDD, aiming to provide additional understanding on the connection between PMR and PFC activation pattern in depression through the use of near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS). We hypothesized that, through use of NIRS during the FTT, motor retardation in depression would generate a distinct PFC activation pattern, allowing for differentiation between patients with MDD and healthy controls (HCs). METHODS Thirty-five patients with MDD and thirty-nine HCs underwent NIRS evaluation during performance of the FTT. The FTT included both left-finger tapping and right-finger tapping performed by a computer screen. Each participant was assessed using a 45-channel NIRS and various clinical scales. FINDINGS During the left-FTT, the left orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) showed higher oxy-hemoglobin (Oxy-Hb) activation in the MDD group when compared to the HCs. During the right-FTT, the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) demonstrated lower Oxy-Hb activation, and the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (DMPFC) showed higher Oxy-Hb activation in the MDD group versus the HC group. CONCLUSION Our results demonstrated different activation patterns of the PFC between the MDD and HC groups, using FTT as a motor performance task. In particular, the OFC, the DLPFC and the DMPFC areas hold promise as new useful sites for such differentiation in future investigations.
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- Xiangyun Ma
- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing 100191, China
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- YuQuan Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing 10000, China
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada
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- YuQuan Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing 10000, China
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- Peking University Sixth Hospital, Peking University Institute of Mental Health, NHC Key Laboratory of Mental Health (Peking University), National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders (Peking University Sixth Hospital), Beijing 100191, China.
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- YuQuan Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing 10000, China.
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Russo C, Veronelli L, Casati C, Monti A, Perucca L, Ferraro F, Corbo M, Vallar G, Bolognini N. Explicit motor sequence learning after stroke: a neuropsychological study. Exp Brain Res 2021; 239:2303-2316. [PMID: 34091696 PMCID: PMC8282572 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-021-06141-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 05/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Motor learning interacts with and shapes experience-dependent cerebral plasticity. In stroke patients with paresis of the upper limb, motor recovery was proposed to reflect a process of re-learning the lost/impaired skill, which interacts with rehabilitation. However, to what extent stroke patients with hemiparesis may retain the ability of learning with their affected limb remains an unsolved issue, that was addressed by this study. Nineteen patients, with a cerebrovascular lesion affecting the right or the left hemisphere, underwent an explicit motor learning task (finger tapping task, FTT), which was performed with the paretic hand. Eighteen age-matched healthy participants served as controls. Motor performance was assessed during the learning phase (i.e., online learning), as well as immediately at the end of practice, and after 90 min and 24 h (i.e., retention). Results show that overall, as compared to the control group, stroke patients, regardless of the side (left/right) of the hemispheric lesion, do not show a reliable practice-dependent improvement; consequently, no retention could be detected in the long-term (after 90 min and 24 h). The motor learning impairment was associated with subcortical damage, predominantly affecting the basal ganglia; conversely, it was not associated with age, time elapsed from stroke, severity of upper-limb motor and sensory deficits, and the general neurological condition. This evidence expands our understanding regarding the potential of post-stroke motor recovery through motor practice, suggesting a potential key role of basal ganglia, not only in implicit motor learning as previously pointed out, but also in explicit finger tapping motor tasks.
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- Cristina Russo
- Department of Psychology and Milan Center for Neuroscience-NeuroMi, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, Casa di Cura Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy.,Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, Casa di Cura Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Riabilitazione Specialistica Neuromotoria - Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, ASST "Carlo Poma" di Mantova - Presidio di Riabilitazione Multifunzionale di Bozzolo, Mantua, Italy
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- Department of Neurorehabilitation Sciences, Casa di Cura Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychology and Milan Center for Neuroscience-NeuroMi, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.,Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Psychology and Milan Center for Neuroscience-NeuroMi, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.,Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
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Schmid D, Erlacher D, Klostermann A, Kredel R, Hossner EJ. Sleep-dependent motor memory consolidation in healthy adults: A meta-analysis. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2020; 118:270-81. [PMID: 32730847 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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It is widely accepted that sleep better facilitates the consolidation of motor memories than does a corresponding wake interval (King et al., 2017). However, no in-depth analysis of the various motor tasks and their relative sleep gain has been conducted so far. Therefore, the present meta-analysis considered 48 studies with a total of 53 sleep (n = 829) and 53 wake (n = 825) groups. An overall comparison between all sleep and wake groups resulted in a small effect for the relative sleep gain in motor memory consolidation (g = 0.43). While no subgroup differences were identified for differing designs, a small effect for the finger tapping task (g = 0.47) and a medium effect for the mirror tracing task (g = 0.62) were found. In summary, the meta-analysis substantiates that sleep generally benefits the consolidation of motor memories. However, to further our understanding of the mechanisms underlying this effect, examining certain task dimensions and their relative sleep gain would be a promising direction for future research.
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Rahimpour A, Pollonini L, Comstock D, Balasubramaniam R, Bortfeld H. Tracking differential activation of primary and supplementary motor cortex across timing tasks: An fNIRS validation study. J Neurosci Methods 2020; 341:108790. [PMID: 32442439 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2020.108790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 04/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) provides an alternative to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for assessing changes in cortical hemodynamics. To establish the utility of fNIRS for measuring differential recruitment of the motor network during the production of timing-based actions, we measured cortical hemodynamic responses in 10 healthy adults while they performed two versions of a finger-tapping task. The task, used in an earlier fMRI study (Jantzen et al., 2004), was designed to track the neural basis of different timing behaviors. Participants paced their tapping to a metronomic tone, then continued tapping at the established pace without the tone. Initial tapping was either synchronous or syncopated relative to the tone. This produced a 2 × 2 design: synchronous or syncopated tapping and pacing the tapping with or continuing without a tone. Accuracy of the timing of tapping was tracked while cortical hemodynamics were monitored using fNIRS. Hemodynamic responses were computed by canonical statistical analysis across trials in each of the four conditions. Task-induced brain activation resulted in significant increases in oxygenated hemoglobin concentration (oxy-Hb) in a broad region in and around the motor cortex. Overall, syncopated tapping was harder behaviorally and produced more cortical activation than synchronous tapping. Thus, we observed significant changes in oxy-Hb in direct relation to the complexity of the task.
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- Ali Rahimpour
- Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA, United States
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- Departments of Engineering Technology and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, TX, United States
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- Cognitive & Information Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA, United States
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- Psychological Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA, United States; Cognitive & Information Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA, United States.
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Liouta E, Gatzonis S, Kalamatianos T, Kalyvas A, Koutsarnakis C, Liakos F, Anagnostopoulos C, Komaitis S, Giakoumettis D, Stranjalis G. Finger tapping and verbal fluency post-tap test improvement in INPH: its value in differential diagnosis and shunt-treatment outcomes prognosis. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2017; 159:2301-2307. [PMID: 28828534 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-017-3301-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) diagnosis is challenging as it can be mimicked by other neurological conditions, such as neurodegenerative dementia and motor syndromes. Additionally, outcomes after lumbar puncture (LP) tap test and shunt treatment may vary due to the lack of a common protocol in INPH assessment. The present study aimed to assess whether a post-LP test amelioration of frontal cognitive dysfunctions, characterizing this syndrome, can differentiate INPH from similar neurological conditions and whether this improvement can predict INPH post-shunt outcomes. METHOD Seventy-one consecutive patients referred for INPH suspicion and LP testing, were enrolled. According to the consensus guidelines criteria, 29 patients were diagnosed as INPH and 42 were assigned an alternative diagnosis (INPH-like group) after reviewing clinical, neuropsychological and imaging data, and before LP results. A comprehensive neuropsychological assessment for frontal executive, upper extremity fine motor functions, aphasias, apraxias, agnosias and gait evaluation were administered at baseline. Executive, fine motor functions and gait were re-examined post-LP test in all patients and post-shunt placement in INPH patients. RESULTS Of the INPH patients, 86.2% showed cognitive amelioration in the post-LP test; in addition, all but one (97%) presented with neurocognitive and gait improvement post-shunt. Verbal phonological fluency and finger tapping task post-LP improvement predicted positive clinical outcome post-shunt. None of the INPH-like group presented with neurocognitive improvement post-LP. CONCLUSIONS Post-LP amelioration of verbal fluency and finger tapping deficits can differentiate INPH from similar disorders and predict positive post-shunt clinical outcome in INPH. This becomes of great importance when gait assessment is difficult to perform in clinical practice.
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- Evangelia Liouta
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, EKNE Ploutarchou 3 str. Kolonaki, TK. 10675, Athens, Greece.
- Hellenic Centre for Neurosurgical Research "Prof. Petros Kokkalis", Athens, Greece.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, EKNE Ploutarchou 3 str. Kolonaki, TK. 10675, Athens, Greece
- Hellenic Centre for Neurosurgical Research "Prof. Petros Kokkalis", Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, EKNE Ploutarchou 3 str. Kolonaki, TK. 10675, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, EKNE Ploutarchou 3 str. Kolonaki, TK. 10675, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, EKNE Ploutarchou 3 str. Kolonaki, TK. 10675, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, EKNE Ploutarchou 3 str. Kolonaki, TK. 10675, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, EKNE Ploutarchou 3 str. Kolonaki, TK. 10675, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, EKNE Ploutarchou 3 str. Kolonaki, TK. 10675, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Athens, Evangelismos Hospital, EKNE Ploutarchou 3 str. Kolonaki, TK. 10675, Athens, Greece
- Hellenic Centre for Neurosurgical Research "Prof. Petros Kokkalis", Athens, Greece
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Pereira SI, Beijamini F, Weber FD, Vincenzi RA, da Silva FA, Louzada FM. Tactile stimulation during sleep alters slow oscillation and spindle densities but not motor skill. Physiol Behav 2017; 169:59-68. [PMID: 27887994 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Studies using targeted memory reactivation have shown that presentation of auditory or olfactory contextual cues during sleep can bias hippocampal reactivations towards the preferential replay of the cue-associated material, thereby resulting in enhanced consolidation of that information. If the same cortical ensembles are indeed used for encoding and storage of a given piece of information, forcing the sleeping brain to re-engage in task-intrinsic information processing should disturb the natural ongoing consolidation processes and therefore impair possible sleep benefits. Here we aimed at recreating an integral part of the sensory experience of a motor skill in a daytime nap, by means of a tactile stimulation. We hypothesized that tampering with the tactile component of a motor skill during sleep would result in hindered performance at retest, due to interference between the highly congruent incoming stimuli and the core skill trace. Contrary to our predictions, the tactile stimulation did not influence neither speed nor accuracy, when compared to natural sleep. However, an exploratory sleep EEG analysis revealed stimulation-induced alterations in the abundance and cortical topography of slow oscillations and spindles. These findings suggest that despite the lack of a significant effect on motor behavior, tactile stimulation induced changes in EEG features suggestive of a possible uncoupling between the sleep oscillations thought to underlie consolidation processes, i.e. slow oscillations and sleep spindles.
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Ribeiro Pereira SI, Beijamini F, Vincenzi RA, Louzada FM. Re-examining sleep׳s effect on motor skills: How to access performance on the finger tapping task? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 8:4-8. [PMID: 26483936 PMCID: PMC4608897 DOI: 10.1016/j.slsci.2015.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2014] [Revised: 01/06/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Here our goal was to determine the magnitude of sleep-related motor skill enhancement. Performance on the finger tapping task (FTT) was evaluated after a 90 min daytime nap (n=15) or after quiet wakefulness (n=15). By introducing a slight modification in the formula used to calculate the offline gains we were able to refine the estimated magnitude of sleep׳s effect on motor skills. The raw value of improvement after a nap decreased after this correction (from ~15% to ~5%), but remained significantly higher than the control. These results suggest that sleep does indeed play a role in motor skill consolidation.
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Key Words
- Daytime nap
- EEG, electroencephalogram
- ESS, Epworth Sleepiness Scale
- FTT, finger tapping task
- Finger tapping task
- KSS, Karolinska Sleepiness Scale
- MEQ, Morningness–Eveningness Questionnaire
- Motor skills
- NREM, non-rapid eye movement
- OI, offline improvement
- SWS, Slow Wave Sleep
- TST, total sleep time
- WASO, wake after sleep onset
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- Department of Physiology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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