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The implicit benefit of learning without errors.

J P Maxwell1, R S Masters, E Kerr

  • 1University of Birmingham, UK. jonathan.maxwell@port.ac.uk

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. A, Human Experimental Psychology
|January 5, 2002
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Minimizing errors during motor skill learning, like golf putting, promotes implicit learning. This leads to more robust performance, unaffected by distractions, unlike explicit learning which is prone to breakdown.

Area of Science:

  • Motor Learning
  • Cognitive Psychology

Background:

  • Learning a motor skill can involve either explicit (rule-based) or implicit (automatic) processes.
  • The number of errors made during learning may influence which learning mode is adopted.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if the number of errors in motor skill acquisition affects the adoption of explicit versus implicit learning.
  • To determine if error reduction leads to more robust skill performance under dual-task conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Two studies used golf putting as the motor skill.
  • Learners were divided into errorful and errorless groups based on performance during acquisition.
  • Performance was assessed under single-task and dual-task (secondary load) conditions.

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Main Results:

  • Errorless learners demonstrated robust performance, unaffected by secondary task load.
  • Errorful learners showed performance deterioration under dual-task conditions.
  • Reducing errors limited hypothesis testing, favoring implicit learning.

Conclusions:

  • Reducing errors during motor skill acquisition promotes implicit, unselective learning.
  • Implicit learning confers resilience to performance breakdown under distraction.
  • Explicit learning, associated with error correction, leads to performance decrements under dual-tasking.