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Robotic assistance devices are being used to support this process, but due to cost and accessibility concerns some researchers have drawn inspiration from virtual reality and proposed the use of what we call \u201cvisual-only assistance\u201d, in which a patient\u2019s physical movements are mapped into game-oriented visual feedback modified towards greater success in the gameplay objectives. Our concern is that the motivational benefits it provides may come at the cost of reduced sensorimotor learning, which could ultimately be counterproductive to the recovery process. To explore these concerns, we conducted a between-subjects study with 24 participants to examine how two types of visual-only assistance affect short-term proprioceptive skill learning in a motor training game involving airplane steering with wrist rotation. One group experienced \u201cattractor assistance\u201d, in which the airplane was continuously displaced toward an ideal position and orientation. The other experienced \u201ctunnel assistance\u201d, in which direct user control was maintained unless straying too far, triggering an invisible barrier. 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