THE EFFECT OF DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT ON INFORMATION CAPACITY OF DISCRETE MOTOR RESPONSES FOR SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS.

Abstract

The study reports an investigation designed to determine the effect of direction of movement on the information capacity of discrete motor responses. Reaction times and movement times were measured for thirty right-handed sixth grade students completing discrete motor tasks in response to a visual stimulus. Times for seven different directions over three indexes of difficulty were compared. Results reconfirmed findings in previous studies that movement time is a linear function of index of difficulty. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0713053

Entities

People

  • Roger Lee Redelman

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Sciences
  • Physiology
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Reaction Time

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience