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The "Motor" in Implicit Motor Sequence Learning: A Foot-stepping Serial Reaction Time Task
Published on: May 3, 2018
Specificity and generality between various directions for reaction and movement times under choice stimulus
1a Department of Physical Education , State University of New York , Buffalo.
Abstract:
The degree of generality between forward, backward, left, and right directions was determined for RT and MT of the dominant hand and total body under choice stimulus conditions. Among 50 Ss, generality of directions for RT of the hand varied from 39 to 52%, while MT varied from 14 to 47%. Generality of RT for the total body varied from 36 to 55% between directions while MT varied from 6 to 22%. The ability to react and move the dominant hand and total body under choice stimulus conditions appeared largely specific to the direction of the response.
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