FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO DEMONSTRATE INTERFERENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ROTARY PURSUIT TASKS.
Abstract
A brief account is given of several investigations involving rotary pursuit tasks, which attempted to obtain evidence of the functioning of interference (negative transfer). Two new rotary pursuit devices--the Double-Disk Pursuit Apparatus with Auxiliary Wobble-Stick and the Epicyclic Pursuit Rotor--are introduced, and several unsuccessful attempts to detect interference effects with them are described. Because interference has not been reliably demonstrated with rotary pursuit devices, the question was raised as to why rotary pursuit learning is relatively impervious to interference effects while other forms of motor learning are not. An 'explanation' of the apparent absence of interference and of the presence of positive transfer in pursuit activity is given in a restatement of the Wylie hypothesis. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 27, 1950
- Accession Number
- AD0643656
Entities
People
- Don Lewis
- James L. Hedlund
Organizations
- Iowa State University