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ArticlePloS one2020

Implicit task switching in Parkinson's disease is preserved when on medication.

Jacob A Yaffe, Yair Zlotnik, Gal Ifergane, Shelly Levy-Tzedek

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4 authors.

Jacob A YaffeGoldman Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Yair ZlotnikNeurology Department, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Gal IferganeNeurology Department, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Shelly Levy-TzedekRecanati School for Community Health Professions, Department of Physical Therapy, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-5853-3235

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People with Parkinson's disease have been shown to have difficulty switching between movement plans. In the great majority of studies, the need to switch between tasks was made explicitly. Here, we tested whether people with Parkinson's disease, taking their normal medication, have difficulty switching between implicitly specified tasks. We further examined whether this switch is performed predictively or reactively. Twenty five people with Parkinson's disease continuously increased or decreased the frequency of their arm movements, inducing an abrupt-but unaware-switch between rhythmic movements (at high frequencies) and discrete movements (at low frequencies). We tested whether that precipitous change was performed reactively or predictively. We found that 56% of participants predictively switched between the two movement types. The ability of people with Parkinson's disease, taking their regular medication, to predictively control their movements on implicit tasks is thus preserved.

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Psychomotor PerformanceAgedAntiparkinson AgentsArmFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMovementParkinson DiseasePhotic StimulationAntiparkinson Agents

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PMID31935247
PMCPMC6959575

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