Neural mechanisms underlying interlateral transfer of ballistic motor skill

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This project seeks to discover why practicing a task with one limb can improve performance with the corresponding limb (which does no physical work) on the opposite side of the body. Identifying the changes in the brain that cause acquisition of skill without direct training is crucial to determine whether the effect might be exploited to improve rehabilitation outcomes for movement disorders that chiefly affect one side of the body (e.g. after a stroke). The research will provide basic information that might lead to new treatment approaches that help to minimize the social cost of the persistent and severe movement difficulties experienced by many patients after neurological injury.