Psychomotor and Perceptual Speed Abilities and Skilled Performance.
Abstract
The research in this project was aimed at three broad approaches to development and assessment of psychomotor and perceptual speed ability predictors of skilled performance. The first approach takes advantage of computerized touch-panel devices for assessment of a series of psychomotor abilities. The second approach links individual differences in psychomotor abilities with perceptual speed abilities -- which have been shown to be important predictors of the acquisition of skilled performance. The third approach evaluates the new test battery for predicting individual differences in task performance. For this project, seven touch-panel computerized psychomotor tests were developed, as follows: (1) Tapping and Alternate Tapping; (2) Choice Reaction Time; (3) Serial Reaction Time; (4) Maze Tracing; (5) Mirror Tracing; (6) Maze Pursuit; and (7) Rotary Pursuit. These new psychomotor tests, along with a taxonomically derived set of perceptual speed tests, were subjected to empirical evaluation in a series of experiments. The new tests show substantial promise in accounting for important sources of performance variance, as indicated from validation with basic skill and complex task performance criteria.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA360448
Entities
People
- Philip L. Ackerman
Organizations
- Georgia Tech Research Corporation