Motor Learning and Knowledge of Results

Motor Learning and Knowledge of Results

• Motor Learning is development of a skill, e.g., writing.
  • Tasks may be discrete or conitinuous.
• Feedback or Knowledge of Results (KR)
  • Trowbridge and Cason (1932)
    • Task: draw 3” line blindfolded.
    • Conditions:
      • No KR
      • Qualitative KR
      • Quantitative KR

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Qualitative KR is being told if the line is correct or not, only.

Quantitative KR is being told direction and size of error in number of eighths of oan inch.