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dc.contributor.authorBastos, F.
dc.contributor.authorMarinovic, Welber
dc.contributor.authorde Rugy, A.
dc.contributor.authorTani, G.
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-15T22:23:51Z
dc.date.available2017-03-15T22:23:51Z
dc.date.created2017-03-08T06:39:37Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationBastos, F. and Marinovic, W. and de Rugy, A. and Tani, G. 2013. Prior knowledge of final testing improves sensorimotor learning through self-scheduled practice. Human Movement Science. 32 (1): pp. 192-202.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50372
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.humov.2012.11.008
dc.description.abstract

The elaboration of learning strategies has been considered a key factor to explain sensorimotor learning gains obtained in self-scheduled practice conditions. Nevertheless, the effect of prior knowledge of the testing context (i.e., the learning goal) on that process has been neglected. This study sought to determine whether: (a) learners in a self-controlled condition make different choices contingent on having or not having a learning goal; (b) providing a learning goal would modify the effects of a self-controlled practice condition, and (c) the effect of providing a learning goal would be due to the augmented cognitive effort or to the practice schedule resulting from the learning strategies. The results show that prior knowledge of a variable testing context affects the elaboration of learning strategies and improves skill acquisition in a self-scheduled practice condition. Furthermore, learning gains can be attributed to the self-imposed practice schedule resulting from the learning strategies, and not to the process of elaborating them.

dc.publisherElsevier BV; North Holland
dc.titlePrior knowledge of final testing improves sensorimotor learning through self-scheduled practice
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume32
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage192
dcterms.source.endPage202
dcterms.source.issn0167-9457
dcterms.source.titleHuman Movement Science
curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology and Speech Pathology
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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