PHED-2206EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Motor Learning
29 Apr 2019
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Improved performance does not, by itself, define learning. Improved performance is an indication that learning may have occurred. Motor learning is a set of processes associated with practice or experience leading to relatively permanent gains in the capability for skilled performance. Performance curves are plots of individual or average performance against practice trials. Such curves can either increase or decrease with practice, depending on the particular way the task is scored. The law of practice says that improvements are rapid at first and much slower later in practice. Performance curves are not learning curves: learning is relatively permanent and stable. Between-subject effects are masked: cannot view individual differences, we all don"t improve at the same rate or in the same way. Within-subject variability is masked: within person fluctuations are obscured when the average is taken, average score could be taken over several trials. Goal is to maximize development of permanent changes when practicing.
