Implicit versus Explicit Learning Processes in a Probabilistic, Continuous Fine-Motor Catching Task
- 1 December 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Motor Behavior
- Vol. 23 (4), 293-300
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.1991.9942040
Abstract
We compared the influences of explicit instruction and uninstructed implicit learning of correlations among visual events, in a fine-motor task. The task required visual tracking of a small “ball” of light and “catching” it by means of joystick manipulation. A general pattern of improvement with practice for instructed and “noninstructed” conditions was found. Additionally, both instructed and noninstructed conditions evidenced use of the predictive relationships among stimulus events. The improvement in overall performance caused by explicit verbal instructions was less than the improvement seen with the implicit learning condition. Further, instructed and noninstructed conditions showed different patterns of joystick activity. These findings suggest a qualitatively different approach to visual information processing and task performance for the instructional conditions.Keywords
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