Accession Number:

ADA022124

Title:

The Effects of Division of Attention upon Required Kinesthetic and Proprioceptive Discrimination,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INST NEW YORK

Personal Author(s):

• Weitzman,Donald O.
• Notterman,Joseph M.

Report Date:

1976-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

38.0

Abstract:

This report describes a program of research on the acquisition and execution of kinesthetically- or proprioceptively- the terms are here used interchangeably controlled motor skills, as a function of representative interfering variables, some of which have been termed stressors. The research is addressed more specifically to the effects of division of attention upon a kinesthetically-controlled motor act. Pressure on an isometric control - with its attendent feedback - is the primary task, and provides the basis for analysis.

Descriptors:

• *PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• *INTERFERENCE
• *DISCRIMINATION
• *ATTENTION
• *MOTOR REACTIONS
• PSYCHOMOTOR FUNCTION
• FEEDBACK
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
• STIMULI
• LEARNING
• AWARENESS
• INFORMATION PROCESSING
• MULTIPLE OPERATION
• PSYCHOMOTOR TESTS
• CONDITIONING(LEARNING)
• CONDITIONED RESPONSE
• PROPRIOCEPTION

Subject Categories:

• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE