EFFECT OF APRAXIA ON THE ABILITY TO LEARN ONE-HANDED SHOE TYING

This study examined the ability of participants with left-hemisphere c erebrovascular accident (LCVA) damage to learn one-handed shoe tying. Participants with LCVA with and without apraxia and control participan ts were taught how to tie their shoes with one hand. Retention was ass essed after a 5-minute interval during which participants performed ot her tasks. All groups differed significantly in regard to the number o f trials to learn the task. However, on the retention task, the contro l adults and participants with LCVA without apraxia required similar n umbers of trials while the participants with LCVA and apraxia required significantly move trials than the other two groups. All groups requi red fewer trials on the retention task than the learning task.