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Alpha absolute power: motor learning of practical pistol shooting

2008; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 66; Issue: 2b Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0004-282x2008000300010

1678-4227

Clayton Amaral Domingues, Sérgio Machado, Emerson Garcia Cavaleiro, Vernon Furtado, Maurício Cagy, Pedro Ribeiro, Roberto Piedade,

Action Observation and Synchronization

The present study aimed at investigating changes in behavior (shooting precision) and electrophysiological variables (absolute alpha power) during the motor learning of practical pistol shooting. The sample was composed of 23 healthy subjects, right-handed, male, between 18 and 20 years of age. The task consisted of four learning blocks. A One-way ANOVA with repeated measures and a post hoc analysis were employed to observe modifications on behavioral and electrophysiological measures (p<0.05). The results showed significative differences between blocks according to motor learning, and a significant improvement in shooting's accuracy from both blocks. It was observed a decrease in alpha power in all electrodes examined during task execution when compared with baseline and learning control blocks. The findings suggest that alpha power decreases as the function of the motor learning task when subjects are engaged in the motor execution.