Explorations of Individual Differences Relevant to High Level Skill.
Abstract
Past research has uncovered few broad abilities that underlie high level motor skill. In this paper attempts to isolate three different abilities of potential relevance to skill are described. No evidence was found for a general time-sharing ability in common to different kinds of tasks. Modest evidence was found for a trait of attentional flexibility. That trait could potentially be of use in predicting success on skills that require rapid shifts of attention because of rapidly changing task demands. Finally, the rate of repetitive activity is correlated across different muscle groups. For example, finger tapping speed is correlated with foot tapping speed, suggesting a common rate limiting factor. In turn, those rates predict handwriting speed and, according to Book (1924) championship typing speed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 15, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA120152
Entities
People
- Harold L. Hawkins
- Steven W. Keele
Organizations
- University of Oregon