The Effectiveness of Part versus Whole Training in a Motor Skill Acquisition Task

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay S. Anderson ◽  
Marc V. Richard ◽  
Benjamin A. Clegg
Keyword(s):  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Motor Skill ◽  
Part Versus ◽  
Motor Skill Acquisition ◽  
Acquisition Task

H-Reflexes during a Motor Skill Acquisition Task

1989 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 659-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann M. Baylor ◽  
Nisim Benjuya
Keyword(s):  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Motor Skill ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Plantar Flexion ◽  
H Reflex ◽  
Reflex Amplitude ◽  
Motor Skill Acquisition ◽  
Acquisition Task ◽  
Within Subjects ◽  
The Right

H-reflex amplitudes were studied during the acquisition of a motor skill involving coordinated isometric plantar-flexion at the ankle joints as subjects learned to trace a triangular pattern on an oscilloscope screen by controlling plantar-flexion torque applied against load cells. Torque feedback was presented on a subject oscilloscope with the right foot controlling a vertical cursor and the left foot a horizontal cursor. Eleven subjects reached criterion performance. H-reflexes were recorded from the right soleus and timed to the initiation of soleus muscle activity to plantarflex the foot. Average time to complete one trial decreased from 9 sec. in the prelearning block to 4 sec. postlearning. No single learning strategy was evident as subjects varied widely in their levels of H-reflex amplitude, but during postlearning, H-reflex amplitude became consistent within subjects as tracing performance became faster and accurate.

Using questions to facilitate motor skill acquisition

1997 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
GW Knight ◽  
PJ Guenzel ◽  
P Feil
Keyword(s):  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Motor Skill ◽  
Motor Skill Acquisition

The Effect of Aimed Movements in Sequenced Motor Skill Learning Motor Skill Acquisition Using Aiming and the SRTT

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle V. Thompson ◽  
Janet L. Utschig ◽  
Mikaela K. Vaughan ◽  
Marc V. Richard ◽  
Benjamin A. Clegg
Keyword(s):  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Motor Skill ◽  
Skill Learning ◽  
Motor Skill Learning ◽  
Motor Skill Acquisition

A Dual Process Account of Coarticulation in Motor Skill Acquisition

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 531-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashvin Shah ◽  
Andrew G. Barto ◽  
Andrew H. Fagg
Keyword(s):  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Motor Skill ◽  
Dual Process ◽  
Motor Skill Acquisition

Motor Skill Acquisition in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

1994 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Missiuna
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Motor Skill ◽  
Developmental Coordination Disorder ◽  
Matched Control ◽  
Motor Skill Acquisition ◽  
Rate Of Learning ◽  
Stages Of Learning ◽  
Coordination Disorder ◽  
Effect Of Age

Children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) demonstrate coordination difficulties during the learning of novel motor skills; no previous studies, however, have investigated their ability to learn and then generalize a new movement. This study compared 24 young children with DCD with 24 age-matched control children (AMC) during the early stages of learning a simple aiming task. Children with DCD were found to perform more poorly than their peers on measures of acquired motor skill, and to react and move more slowly at every level of task performance. The effect of age and its relationship to practice of the task was also different within each group. The groups did not differ, however, in their rate of learning, or in the extent to which they were able to generalize the learned movement. Children with DCD sacrificed more speed than the AMC group when aiming at a small target, but the effects of amplitude and directional changes were quite similar for each group. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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