کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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881577 | 911878 | 2013 | 6 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
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Athletic skills are often executed better when learners focus attention externally (e.g., on the trajectory of the ball after a tennis serve), rather than internally (e.g., on the position of their arm) (e.g., Wulf, 2007a). The current study explored the effects of attention focus on learning of speeded responses, and examined whether these benefits hold for retention and transfer. Participants performed a computerized speeded aiming task while focusing on the direction of the cursor (external focus) versus the direction in which their hand moved the mouse (internal focus). One week later, half of the participants performed the same task again (retention), and half performed the task under conditions in which the mouse movements were changed (transfer). Relative to internal focus, external focus led to faster acquisition and better maintenance of speeded responses over the retention interval.
► Participants learned a target-finding task while focusing attention internally (hand) versus externally (cursor).
► External focus of attention led to better performance than internal focus.
► Learning a more difficult version of the task led to better performance than learning an easier version.
Journal: Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition - Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2013, Pages 14–19