Exploration and the acquisition of skill

The two goals pursued in this study were a description of the process of exploration in acquiring a novel perceptual-motor skill, and an evaluation of the impact of this acquisition process on the perceptual-motor workspace. The process of learning a novel perceptual-motor skill entails a search for solutions to the task. This process of exploratory behavior reflects the layout of the perceptual-motor workspace which is described in terms of attractors and separatrices. The perceptual-motor workspace emerges from the constraints arising from the task, the learner, and the environment. This study reports a single investigation of 6 subjects learning a novel rhythmical task which was designed to prompt some form of adaptation of the well documented bistable workspace layout underlying dual-limb coordination.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Kinesiology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• McDonald, Paul Vernon

Contributors dc:contributor

• Newell, Karl M.

• Education, Physical
• Education, Educational Psychology
• Psychology, Experimental

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1992 McDonald, Paul Vernon

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9236538
(UMI)AAI9236538

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20884