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dc.contributor.authorCarter, Michael J.
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-25T20:17:41Z
dc.date.available2011-01-25T20:17:41Z
dc.date.issued2011-01-25
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/3133
dc.description.abstractSelf-controlled KR practice has revealed that providing participants the opportunity to control their KR is superior for motor learning compared to participants replicating the KR schedule of a self-control participant, without the choice (e.g., yoked). The purpose of the present experiment was two-fold. First, to examine the utility of a self-controlled KR schedule for learning a spatial motor task in younger and older adults and second, to determine whether a self-controlled KR schedule facilitates an increased ability to estimate one’s performance in retention and transfer. Twenty younger adults and 20 older adults practiced in either the self-control or yoked condition and were required to push and release a slide along a confined pathway using their non-dominant hand to a target distance. The retention data revealed that as a function of age, a self-controlled KR schedule facilitated superior retention performance and performance estimations in younger adults compared to their yoked counterparts.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectself-controlen_US
dc.subjectknowledge of results (KR)en_US
dc.subjectyounger adultsen_US
dc.subjectolder adultsen_US
dc.subjectmotor learningen_US
dc.titleEffects of age on learning a spatial motor task in younger and older adults individualizing their knowledge of results scheduleen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameM.Sc. Applied Health Sciencesen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentApplied Health Sciences Programen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Applied Health Sciencesen_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-08-07T02:46:22Z


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