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Kaefer, Angélica; Chiviacowsky, Suzete; Meira, Cassio de Miranda, Jr.; Tani, Go – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of self-controlled feedback on the learning of a sequential-timing motor task in introverts and extroverts. Method: Fifty-six university students were selected by the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. They practiced a motor task consisting of pressing computer keyboard keys…
Descriptors: Motor Development, Self Control, Extraversion Introversion, College Students
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Freedberg, Michael; Schacherer, Jonathan; Hazeltine, Eliot – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2016
Reward has been shown to change behavior as a result of incentive learning (by motivating the individual to increase their effort) and instrumental learning (by increasing the frequency of a particular behavior). However, Palminteri et al. (2011) demonstrated that reward can also improve the incidental learning of a motor skill even when…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Associative Learning, Rewards, Incentives
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Papastergiou, Marina; Pollatou, Elisana; Theofylaktou, Ioannis; Karadimou, Konstantina – Education and Information Technologies, 2014
Research on the utilization of the Web for complex fine motor skill learning that involves whole body movements is still scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the introduction of a multimedia web-based learning environment, which was targeted at a rhythmic gymnastics routine consisting of eight fine motor skills, into an…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Web Based Instruction, Multimedia Instruction