Self-Control of Feedback During Motor Learning: Accounting for the Absolute Amount of Feedback Using a Yoked Group With Self-Control Over Feedback

A traditional control group yoked to a group that self-controls their reception of feedback receives feedback in the same relative and absolute manner. This traditional control group typically does not learn the task as well as the self-control group. Although the groups are matched for the amount o...

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Published in:Journal of motor behavior 2011-01, Vol.43 (2), p.113-119
Main Authors: Hansen, Steve, Pfeiffer, Jacob, Patterson, Jae Todd
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Control Groups
Effects
error estimation
Feedback
Female
Humans
Information
Knowledge of Results (Psychology)
Learning
Male
Motor ability
motor learning
Motor Skills
Psychomotor Performance
Random Allocation
Self control
skill acquisition
Social Control, Informal
Transfer (Psychology)
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Summary:A traditional control group yoked to a group that self-controls their reception of feedback receives feedback in the same relative and absolute manner. This traditional control group typically does not learn the task as well as the self-control group. Although the groups are matched for the amount of feedback they receive, the information is provided on trials in which the individual may not request feedback if he or she were provided the opportunity. Similarly, individuals may not receive feedback on trials for which it would be a beneficial learning experience. Subsequently, the mismatch between the provision of feedback and the potential learning opportunity leads to a decrement in retention. The present study was designed to examine motor learning for a yoked group with the same absolute amount of feedback, but who could self-control when they received feedback. Increased mental processing of error detection and correction was expected for the participants in the yoked self-control group because of their choice to employ a limited resource in the form of a decreasing amount of feedback opportunities. Participants in the yoked with self-control group committed fewer errors than the self-control group in retention and the traditional yoked group in both the retention and time transfer blocks. The results suggest that the yoked with self-control group was able to produce efficient learning effects and can be a viable control group for further motor learning studies.
ISSN:0022-2895
1940-1027
DOI:10.1080/00222895.2010.548421