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Does having more choice help people learn movements?

Researchers study whether giving people with Parkinson’s more control over their practice helps them learn movement skills.

Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: NCT05960331

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Results reported

Start (reported actual date)
2023-08-21
Main measurements finished (reported actual date)
2025-07-31
Study finished (planned)
2025-12-31

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Changes we have recorded
  • 2026-10-11 — recruiting

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Papers connected to this study

Self-Controlled Feedback on Motor Learning and Neuroplastic Changes in People With Parkinson Disease.
Listed by the registry as research derived from the study · 2026

Carter MJ, Ste-Marie DM. Not all choices are created equal: Task-relevant choices enhance motor learning compared to task-irrelevant choices. Psychon Bull Rev. 2017 Dec;24(6):1879-1888. doi: 10.3758/s13423-017-1250-7. ↗
Registry results reference

Chiviacowsky S, Wulf G, Lewthwaite R, Campos T. Motor learning benefits of self-controlled practice in persons with Parkinson's disease. Gait Posture. 2012 Apr;35(4):601-5. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.12.003. Epub 2011 Dec 30. ↗
Registry results reference

Who can join?

Age 20 years and over · Also accepts healthy volunteers

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Sex eligibility reported by registry: all

Inclusion Criteria: * age above 20-years-old * able to follow instructions to perform the tasks (Montreal Cognitive Assessment ≥ 24) * no surgery and injury in upper extremities in recent 6 months Exclusion Criteria: * other neurological disorders in addition to Parkinson's disease * Parkinson's disease dementia * symptom of severe tremor in upper extremities (score ≥ 3 in Question 15 to 18 of UPDRS-III) * deep brain stimulation or pacemaker implanted * medical history of seizure * a blood-relative with history of epilepsy * unstable medical conditions * pregnancy
Full study name & original research details

Official study title

Influence of Autonomy on Motor Learning in People With Parkinson's Disease

Original description

The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the benefits of autonomy supported learning in patients with Parkinson's disease. The main questions to answer are: * Whether autonomy supported learning can benefit motor learning in PD patients * Whether autonomy supported learning can enhance intrinsic motivation and/ or information processing of PD patients in learning a new task. * Whether autonomy supported learning can facilitate cortical excitability change after practicing a new task. Participants will be recruited into two groups (Self-control group, SC; and yoked group, YK) to learn a finger-pressing trajectory matching task * Participants in SC group will have choice over feedback schedule during trial practice * Participants in YK group will receive feedback with no-choice during trial practice Researchers will compare the retention test performance to see if autonomy supported learning will lead to better learning effect.

Further description from the registry

Autonomy is the sense of learner to actively participate in determining their own behaviour. The present study aims to investigate whether an autonomy supported practice (with self-controlled feedback) would benefit adults with Parkinson's disease (PD), along with increased intrinsic motivation, information processing and cortical excitability. Two groups of healthy adults and two groups of PD patients will be recruited to learn a finger-pressing trajectory matching task. Participants will be allocated in either a self-control group (choice over feedback schedule), or a yoked group (receive feedback with no-choice). Learning will be assessed on the second day and one week later, along with an error estimation of learners' own performance to represent their information processing ability. Cortical excitability and inhibition will be assessed via transcranial magnetic stimulation as indicators of cortical plasticity. Questionnaire regarding motivation will be assessed before and after practice trials. Study hypothesized that individual with PD would benefit from autonomy supported learning, with better performance, enhanced motivation and information processing, associates with change of cortical excitability

Conditions reported: Parkinson Disease

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Study type
Interventional
Interventions
Autonomy supported learning; Practice with predetermined feedback
Phases
NA
Sponsor
National Taiwan University Hospital
Start date reported by registry
2023-08-21 (actual)

Registry updated: 2025-11-18 · Status last verified by the registry submitter: 2025-11

Registry records retrieved 2026-10-11 (UTC). Individual records may have older updates. Recruitment and eligibility must be confirmed with the study team.

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YA-YUN LEE, PhD · +886-2-33668155 · yayunlee@ntu.edu.tw

DE-JUN LIM, Bachelor · +886-9-66716146 · R11428011@ntu.edu.tw

Study locations

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National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, Taiwan

Recruiting

Ya-Yun Lee, PhD · +886-2-33668155 · yayunlee@ntu.edu.tw

Facility not reported

Taiwan

Status not reported

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