caa a22 4500 445350695 CHVBK 20180317142843.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00221-011-2856-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00221-011-2856-z Effects of the model's handedness and observer's viewpoint on observational learning [Elektronische Daten] [Hassan Rohbanfard, Luc Proteau] Observation promotes motor skill learning. However, little is known about the type of model and conditions of observation that can optimize learning. In this study, we investigated the effects of the model's handedness and the observer's viewpoint on the learning of a complex spatiotemporal task. Four groups of right-handed participants observed, from either a first- or third-person viewpoint, right- or left-handed models performing the task. Observation resulted in significant learning. More importantly, observation of same-handed models resulted in improved learning as compared with observation of opposite-handed models, regardless of the observer's viewpoint. This suggests that the action observation network (AON) is more sensitive to the model's handedness than to the observer's viewpoint. Our results are consistent with recent studies that suggest that the AON is linked to or involves sensorimotor regions of the brain that simulate motor programming as if the observed movement was performed with one's own dominant hand. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Allocentric observation nationallicence Egocentric observation nationallicence Relative timing nationallicence Observation perspective nationallicence Model handedness nationallicence Action observation network nationallicence Motor skill learning nationallicence Rohbanfard Hassan Département de kinésiologie, Université de Montréal, Station Downtown, P.O. Box 6128, H3C 3J7, Montréal, QC, Canada aut Proteau Luc Département de kinésiologie, Université de Montréal, Station Downtown, P.O. Box 6128, H3C 3J7, Montréal, QC, Canada aut Experimental Brain Research Springer-Verlag 214/4(2011-10-01), 567-576 0014-4819 214:4<567 2011 214 221 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-011-2856-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-011-2856-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rohbanfard Hassan Département de kinésiologie, Université de Montréal, Station Downtown, P.O. Box 6128, H3C 3J7, Montréal, QC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Proteau Luc Département de kinésiologie, Université de Montréal, Station Downtown, P.O. Box 6128, H3C 3J7, Montréal, QC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experimental Brain Research Springer-Verlag 214/4(2011-10-01), 567-576 0014-4819 214:4<567 2011 214 221 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer