Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Embedded blank trials: their influence on error recognition ability.

E Buckolz1, R Renger

  • 1University of Western Ontario, London.

Canadian Journal of Sport Sciences = Journal Canadien Des Sciences Du Sport
|March 1, 1990
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

A priori probability effects on simple reaction time.

Journal of motor behavior·2013
Same author

Development and evaluation of the McKnight Risk Factor Survey for assessing potential risk and protective factors for disordered eating in preadolescent and adolescent girls.

The International journal of eating disorders·1999
Same author

Prevalence and incidence of stenosing flexor tenosynovitis (trigger finger) in a meat-packing plant.

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine·1998
Same author

Safety in Canadian junior ice hockey: the association between ice surface size and injuries and aggressive penalties in the Ontario Hockey League.

Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine·1997
Same author

Dissemination of research findings in family medicine.

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien·1996
Same author

Rural Alberta thrombolysis study. Survey of practice patterns for managing acute myocardial infarction.

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien·1995
Same journal

Testing fitness in mentally retarded individuals.

Canadian journal of sport sciences = Journal canadien des sciences du sport·1992
Same journal

Revision of the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q).

Canadian journal of sport sciences = Journal canadien des sciences du sport·1992
Same journal

Factors affecting university women's basketball coaches' timeout decisions.

Canadian journal of sport sciences = Journal canadien des sciences du sport·1992
Same journal

[A qualitative study of the violence in hockey: perceptions of trainers and players].

Canadian journal of sport sciences = Journal canadien des sciences du sport·1992
Same journal

Effect of time of day on aerobic and anaerobic responses to high-intensity exercise.

Canadian journal of sport sciences = Journal canadien des sciences du sport·1992
Same journal

Reliability and validity of three fitness tests for adults with mental handicaps.

Canadian journal of sport sciences = Journal canadien des sciences du sport·1992
See all related articles

Mixing knowledge of results (KR) with Blank trials, where no feedback is given, can sometimes enhance motor learning retention. However, this study found no support for the idea that Blank trials improve retention by fostering error recognition skills.

Area of Science:

  • Motor Learning
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Skill Acquisition

Background:

  • Knowledge of Results (KR) is feedback provided after a movement.
  • Blank trials, or No-KR trials, involve no feedback during motor task acquisition.
  • Previous research suggests a potential benefit of incorporating Blank trials during learning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of mixing Knowledge of Results (KR) and Blank trials on motor memory retention.
  • To test the hypothesis that Blank trials enhance retention by promoting an internalized error recognition system.

Main Methods:

  • Participants learned a motor task under different acquisition conditions.
  • Conditions included varying ratios of KR trials and Blank trials.
  • Retention was assessed after a period of no practice.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • Mixing KR and Blank trials sometimes led to greater retention compared to conditions without Blank trials.
  • The proposed mechanism of enhanced internalized error recognition was not supported by the findings.

Conclusions:

  • The efficacy of incorporating Blank trials in motor learning acquisition may depend on specific conditions.
  • The underlying reasons for the potential benefits of Blank trials require further investigation beyond error recognition.