No sex-related differences in adaptation (initial angle) or final angle were found in this visuomotor learning task across childhood¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? There was no effect of sex on either the initial or final angle, contrary to a recent paper that reported sex effects on the early, strategy-dependent portion of abrupt adaptation. → Malone 2025

Evidence¶

Malone 2025¶

Malone, L. A., Hill, N. M., Tripp, H., Zipunnikov, V., Wolpert, D. M. & Bastian, A. J. (2025). The control of movement gradually transitions from feedback control to feedforward adaptation throughout childhood. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00304-7

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Null analysis in the Push ball sample testing sex effects on initial and final angles. The discussion attributes the contrast with Tsay et al. 2024 to the gradual perturbation, which likely minimized explicit strategy use, and notes video game usage was not assessed.

"However, we did notfind an effect of sex on either the initial (F 1478 =0 . 4 ,p = 0.53) or final angle (F 1478 =1 . 6 , p = 0.20)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Gender — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Related Claims¶

• Initial-angle adaptation in a visuomotor rotation task is not adult-like until roughly 13–14 years of age, with younger children adapting less — related