The Large Pursuit Rotor
- 1 September 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Motor Behavior
- Vol. 8 (3) , 245-250
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.1976.10735078
Abstract
The question of whether certain phenomena that occur on the conventional rotary pursuit and other small apparatus also appear on a gross motor task was examined using a large pursuit rotor that required whole-body movements. College males (n=29) were given 90 10-sec trials over three consecutive days with 30 trials of continuous practice per day. The existence of reactive inhibition, reminiscence, and warmup decrement was confirmed, indicating that common mechanisms underlie both fine and gross bodily movements. In addition, the substantial amounts of learning and the high reliabilities for performance and learning indicated that the present apparatus has considerable potential for motor-learning research.Keywords
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