Error Argumentation Enhance Adaptability in Adults With Low Motor Ability. Issue 4 (3rd July 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lee, Chi-Mei; Bo, Jin
• Is Part Of: Journal of motor behavior. Volume 48:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 297
• Page End: 308
• Publication Date: 2016-07-03
• Subjects: DCD -- developmental coordination disorder -- motor ability -- motor learning -- visual feedback -- visuomotor adaptation; Human mechanics -- Periodicals; Movement, Psychology of -- Periodicals; Motor Activity -- Periodicals; Motor Skills -- Periodicals; Bewegingsleer; Mécanique humaine -- Périodiques; Psychomotricité -- Périodiques; 612.705
• DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2015.1092937
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-2895

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The authors focused on young adults with varying degrees of motor difficulties and examined their adaptability in a visuomotor adaptation task where the visual feedback of participants' movement error was presented with either 1:1 ratio (i.e., regular feedback schedule) or 1:2 ratio (i.e., enhanced feedback schedule). Within-subject design was used with two feedback schedules counter-balanced and separated for 10 days. Results revealed that participants with greater motor difficulties showed less adaptability than those with normal motor abilities in the regular feedback schedule; however, all participants demonstrated similar level of adaptability in the enhanced feedback schedule. The results suggest that error argumentation enhances adaptability in adults with low motor ability.