AN ATTEMPT TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN 2 REVERSAL PROCESSING STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING MODELED MOTOR SKILL

The first purpose was to examine the effects of reversal processing st rategy of visual information on recognition and acquisition of a seque ntial gross movement task. The second purpose was to examine the relat ionship between a measure of reversal processing strategy and movement s during eye fixation. 24 undergraduates were assigned into one of thr ee conditions, a Reversal-emphasized condition in which subjects were instructed to recognize the movement correctly from a reversed angle, a Recognition-emphasized condition in which subjects were instructed t o recognize the movement correctly, and a Recall-emphasized condition in which subjects were instructed to reproduce the movement correctly. Subjects observed stimuli with the model facing them. Following obser vation, the subjects' recognition of stimuli was tested with model fac ing towards (Facing Angle) and facing away (Rear Angle). Recall tests were carried out after the two recognition tests. Analysis indicated t hat accuracy and response time on recognition tests improved under eac h condition, but there were no other effects. The Reversal-emphasized condition showed significantly greater modeling effect than the other conditions. Movements during eye fixation were very similar among cond itions.