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The "Motor" in Implicit Motor Sequence Learning: A Foot-stepping Serial Reaction Time Task

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Refining the continuous tracking paradigm to investigate implicit motor learning.

F F Zhu¹, J M Poolton², J P Maxwell²

¹Institute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, <location>Hong Kong SAR, China</location> Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, <location>Hong Kong SAR, China</location>

Experimental Psychology

|October 24, 2013

Summary

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Implicit motor learning in continuous tracking is undermined by time-on-task effects. Participants learned a repeated waveform pattern implicitly, without conscious awareness, improving performance on that segment.

Keywords:

complexity control continuous tracking task implicit learning time-on-task effect

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Motor Learning
Human Performance

Background:

Implicit motor learning research often uses the continuous tracking paradigm.
Factors undermining conclusions about implicit learning in this paradigm require investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate factors that undermine implicit motor learning conclusions in the continuous tracking paradigm.
To examine the effect of time-on-task on tracking performance.
To determine if implicit learning occurs in the continuous tracking paradigm.

Main Methods:

Experiment 1: Assessed tracking performance with random waveform segments to evaluate time-on-task effects.
Experiment 2: Introduced a repeated waveform segment during practice, followed by retention and transfer tests.
Pattern recognition tests were administered to assess explicit awareness.

Main Results:

Tracking performance decreased with increased time-on-task in Experiment 1.
In Experiment 2, performance on the repeated segment was superior in retention tests.
Transfer tests showed increased tracking error when the repeated pattern was substituted, indicating learning without explicit awareness.

Conclusions:

Time-on-task is a critical factor affecting continuous tracking performance.
Implicit motor learning occurs in the continuous tracking paradigm, evidenced by superior performance on learned patterns.
Participants can learn patterns implicitly without conscious recognition, necessitating refined experimental paradigms for implicit learning research.