TY - GEN
T1 - Can distance estimation training transfer to an active response?
AU - Hall, Allyson R.
AU - Jones, Keith S.
AU - Delucia, Patricia R.
AU - Johnson, Brian R.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Telling Individuals the distance between themselves and a target, right after they estimated that distance verbally, Improves subsequent verbal estimations. Prior studies, however, have not tested whether or not such training Improves the accuracy of perceptually guided actions, e.g., throwing an object to a target. We begin to do so here. Specifically, the present study compared throwing performance during Pre and Post-Testing for participants who either 1) generated verbal distance estimates during Training and received feedback, 2) produced verbal distance estimates during Training but did not receive feedback, or 3) performed an unrelated task during Training. An additional comparison examined whether any effects noted In earlier analyses stemmed from interactions between the Pre-Test and the feedback manipulation. Our results indicate that improving participants' ability to verbally estimate distances didn't improve (and possibly degraded) throwing accuracy. Accordingly, the benefits of verbal estimation training may only benefit subsequent verbal estimations.
AB - Telling Individuals the distance between themselves and a target, right after they estimated that distance verbally, Improves subsequent verbal estimations. Prior studies, however, have not tested whether or not such training Improves the accuracy of perceptually guided actions, e.g., throwing an object to a target. We begin to do so here. Specifically, the present study compared throwing performance during Pre and Post-Testing for participants who either 1) generated verbal distance estimates during Training and received feedback, 2) produced verbal distance estimates during Training but did not receive feedback, or 3) performed an unrelated task during Training. An additional comparison examined whether any effects noted In earlier analyses stemmed from interactions between the Pre-Test and the feedback manipulation. Our results indicate that improving participants' ability to verbally estimate distances didn't improve (and possibly degraded) throwing accuracy. Accordingly, the benefits of verbal estimation training may only benefit subsequent verbal estimations.
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U2 - 10.1177/154193120605002505
DO - 10.1177/154193120605002505
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:44349186224
SN - 9780945289296
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 2629
EP - 2633
BT - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 50th Annual Meeting, HFES 2006
PB - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Inc.
T2 - 50th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2006
Y2 - 16 October 2006 through 20 October 2006
ER -