Infuence of Faded-Summary Feedback and aging on the Perceptual and Motor Skill Learning

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23500766
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare
• Principal Investigator: TAJIMA Makoto 川崎医療福祉大学, 医療技術学部, 准教授 (70330644)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 知覚－運動スキル / 学習 / 一致タイミング・スキル / 加齢 / 漸減要約フィードバック

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the effect of physical training on elderly people's response speed and coincident timing skills. Elderly people and younger people participated in this study. To begin with, all participants were measured for three reaction times and a coincident timing skill. Then, only the elderly group trained for four months. The reaction times and timing error in the elderly group were significantly longer than in the younger group. However, their reaction times and timing error in the post-training were significantly shorter than in the pre-training. These results showed that although aging decreased the response speed and the coincident timing skill, continuous physical training made them improve to some extent.

Free Research Field

スポーツ心理学