The Effect of Attentional Direction on Sub-Stages of Preparing for Motor Skill Execution Across Practice.
While several empirical studies using dual-task methodology have examined the effect of attentional direction on motor skill execution; few have studied the effect of attentional direction on just the preparation phase of motor practice. In this study, via a keying sequence paradigm, we explored pro...
| Publicado en: | Perceptual & Motor Skills Vol. 128; no. 3; pp. 1292 - 1310 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jun2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=150254065&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 150254065 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00315125 PSK jtl: Perceptual & Motor Skills issn: 00315125 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jun2021 vid: 128 iid: 3 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. artinfo: ui: 150254065 10.1177/00315125211009026 ppf: 1292 ppct: 18 formats: tig: atl: The Effect of Attentional Direction on Sub-Stages of Preparing for Motor Skill Execution Across Practice. aug: au: Luan, Mengkai Mirifar, Arash affil: Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technische Universität München, Germany su: Executive function Task performance Learning Randomized controlled trials Ability Training Attention Motor ability Time Comparative studies Keyboards (Electronics) Descriptive statistics Sound Reaction time sug: subj: Executive function Task performance Learning Randomized controlled trials Ability Training Attention Motor ability Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing Time Comparative studies Keyboards (Electronics) Descriptive statistics Sound Reaction time keyword: attentional direction dual task motor skill preparation phase attentional direction dual task motor skill preparation phase ab: While several empirical studies using dual-task methodology have examined the effect of attentional direction on motor skill execution; few have studied the effect of attentional direction on just the preparation phase of motor practice. In this study, via a keying sequence paradigm, we explored processing stages of preparation for a motor skill and disentangled the effect of attentional direction on various stages across practice. First, participants learned two keying sequences (three versus six keys). Then, they practiced the keying sequences in response to corresponding sequence labels under two block-wise alternating dual-task conditions. To dissect the preparation phase into sequence selection and sequence initiation stages, participants received varying amounts of preparation time (0, 300, 900 ms) before a starting signal instructed them to begin sequence execution. In each trial, a tone was paired with one of the three or six keypresses, and participants indicated either the keypress with which the tone was presented (skill-focused dual task) or the tone's pitch (extraneous dual task) after the sequence execution. We found that attentional direction affected only the sequence selection stage, not the sequence initiation stage. During early practice, compared to drawing attention away from execution, directing attention toward execution led to faster sequence selection. This advantage decreased with practice and vanished during late blocks of trials. Moreover, for the execution phase, relative to directing attention toward execution, drawing attention away from execution led to better performance of keying sequence execution across practice. Thus, attentional direction alone does not fully explain the difference between performance patterns at different skill levels in the dual-task literature; rather, types of motor skills and dual task difficulty levels may also drive performance differences. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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