ERIC Number: EJ1355331
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-2325-3193
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Dyad Training in a Perceptual-Motor Task: "Two Pairs of Eyes Are Better than One"
Panzer, Stefan; Pfeifer, Christina; Leinen, Peter; Shea, Charles
Journal of Motor Learning and Development, v10 n2 p245-256 Aug 2022
The aim of this experiment was to determine if dyad practice helped individuals become aware, use, and retain information in a dynamically changing perceptual-motor task compared with practice alone. We used a computerized perceptual-motor task, where individuals were required to intercept balls that dropped from the top of the screen. A colored line at the top of the screen provided information about the direction of the dropping ball. Participants (N = 24) were randomly assigned to one of two groups: A dyad training group where two participants alternated between physical and observational practice after each block of 20 trials, and they also engaged in dialog about the task, and an individual training group where one participant practiced the task. Both groups improved their accuracy during acquisition. On the retention test, participants in the dyad group caught significantly more balls (73%) than individuals of the alone group (58%). Participants in the dyad group also showed a higher percentage of correctly identified stimuli in the recognition task. Dyad training induced performance advantages in a perceptual-motor task because individuals became aware and used information acquired during observation and/or from the dialog.
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Psychomotor Skills, Physical Activities, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing, Accuracy, Retention (Psychology), Recognition (Psychology), Learning Processes, Dialogs (Language), Handedness, Undergraduate Students, Reaction Time, Foreign Countries, Correlation, Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Edinburgh Handedness Inventory
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