Human Factors Notes Day 5: Motor Systems

PSY/CS330 Human Factors

01/11/2001

Day 1-34

Motor Learning and Knowledge of Results

uMotor Learning is development of a skill, e.g., writing.

lTasks may be discrete or continuous.

uFeedback or Knowledge of Results (KR)

lTrowbridge and Cason (1932)

uTask: draw 3” line blindfolded.

uConditions:

vNo KR

vQualitative KR

vQuantitative KR


	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 an inch.