Table 1.
Resting motor threshold, TMS intensity, and cortical excitability measures for the pre-training and pre1-training sessions (i.e. baseline) in Experiments 1 and 2, respectively
| Skill group Mean ± SEM | Random group Mean ± SEM | Group difference |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| t(20) | P value | |||
| Experiment 1 | ||||
| Motor threshold (%) | 44.09 ± 2.74 | 46.09 ± 2.52 | 0.26 | 0.61 |
| TMS intensity (%) | 58.63 ± 2.52 | 60.27 ± 2.51 | 0.19 | 0.66 |
| MEP agonist (mV) | 1.38 ± 0.28 | 1.5 ± 0.2 | 0.12 | 0.73 |
| MEP antagonist (mV) | 1.4 ± 0.18 | 1.11 ± 0.15 | 1.32 | 0.26 |
| Reinforced group Mean ± SEM | Random-reinforced group Mean ± SEM | Group difference |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| t(22) | p value | |||
| Experiment 2 | ||||
| Motor threshold (%) | 41.5 ± 1.55 | 45.58 ± 2.03 | 2.33 | 0.14 |
| TMS intensity (%) | 56.25 ± 2.02 | 59.25 ± 2.03 | 1.00 | 0.33 |
| MEP agonist (mV) | 1.74 ± 0.28 | 2.06 ± 0.44 | 0.33 | 0.57 |
| MEP antagonist (mV) | 1.32 ± 0.19 | 0.99 ± 0.14 | 1.69 | 0.21 |