Learning to tie well with others: bimanual versus intermanual performance of a highly practised skill

摘要

Practitioner Summary: Novice participants perform manual tasks faster with a partner ('intermanual') than on their own ('bimanual'). The generality of this 'mode effect' was investigated using a highly practised bimanual task, shoe tying. The mode effect was reversed and mechanisms underlying intermanual skill acquisition were identified. Practical implications extend to tasks such as surgical knot tying.