HSC Lab team publishes on how practice in pairs affects sensorimotor learning

School of Kinesiology alumnae Leoni Viola Winter, PhD (Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Neurology), and Jacquelyn Sertic, PhD (Scientific Associate, VML Health), have published a scientific paper with their doctoral advisor, Juergen Konczak, PhD, professor of biomechanics and neuromotor control and director of the Human Sensorimotor Control Laboratory. Appearing in the Journal of Motor Learning and Development, their article, "Dyad Practice Does Not Enhance Proprioceptive Learning," reports on a study assessing whether dyad practice (alternating physical and observational practice) enhances both motor and proprioceptive learning during a wrist‑robotic training task. While dyads showed the greatest motor performance gains, proprioceptive improvements emerged only in the continuous physical‑practice group, indicating that dyad practice does not confer additional benefits for proprioceptive acuity.