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2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Fundamental research for training of perceptual skills (I): Can the motor skill learning really contribute to the improvement of perceptual skills?

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 23500674
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Physical education
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Principal Investigator

TANAKA Hideyuki  東京農工大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (70231412)

Project Period (FY) 2011 – 2013
Keywords知覚 / 運動制御 / 運動学習 / 認知系脳科学 / 動作解析
Research Abstract

The research aimed to investigate whether motor skill practices could improve perceptual skills. We performed three ball-throwing experiments. In Experiment 1, subjects practiced throwing a ball into a target using a shooting tool for two months. In Experiments 2 & 3, subjects threw a ball vertically to different targets and catch it while sitting in a chair. The subjects performed this motor, partially mental, task in three different modes: actual execution, pantomime, and imagination without swing actions. For the subject who experienced baseball the motor practice could improve the accuracy of perceptual judgments regarding back-forces acting on the hand at the ball release. Pantomime throwing reproduced the motor patterns observed during actual throwing and significantly reduced the variability of mental simulation of ball flights compared to the imagination mode. We hypothesized that simulated motor execution can play an important role in estimating a consequence of motor actions.

  • Research Products

    (2 results)

All 2014 2013

All Presentation (2 results)

  • [Presentation] 動作の協調構造に着目した知覚運動制御研究の試み2014

    • Author(s)
      田中秀幸
    • Organizer
      2013年度「運動・動作・行為の研究会」
    • Place of Presentation
      仙台
    • Year and Date
      2014-02-28
  • [Presentation] The pantomime paradigm reproduces the motor patterns observed during the actual execution of a throw-and-catch motor task2013

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka H, Iwami M, and Mizuno W
    • Organizer
      11th Motor Control and Human Skill Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Melbourne, Australia
    • Year and Date
      2013-11-29

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Published: 2015-07-16  

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