| 626 | Friday, April 2, 2004 |
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| 10:15 AM-12:15 PM | Convention Center:209 |
| Research Consortium |
| Motor Behavior Symposium—Learning of Sequential Motor Skills: Implications for Theory and Practice |
| This symposium will focus on recent findings involving the planning, organization, production, and transfer of learned movement sequences. The fluent production of sequential movements such as those involved in speech, handwriting, typing, drumming, swinging a golf club, or playing the piano is especially important because this class of movements comprises a large proportion of our skilled movement repertoire. Sequential tasks are particularly interesting theoretically because detailed analyses of the time required to produce the elements comprising the sequence provide an interesting window into the mechanisms that are involved in sequence production. Specifically, we will discuss the processes involved in the planning of movement sequences, the interactions of cyclical and discrete units of action to form fluent sequential responses, and we will finish with a discussion of the developmental/aging differences in the production of movement sequences. This research will be discussed from both the dynamical pattern and information processing perspectives. Special attention will be paid to the implications of this research to creating optimal training programs. |
Keyword(s): older adult/aging issues, performance, research
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| Presider: Charles Shea, Texas A&M University-College Station, College Station, TX |
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Speakers: |
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Planning Costs Associated With Sequential Movements
C. E. Magnuson and D. L. Wright, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX |
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Integrating Units of Action With Extended Practice
John Buchanan, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX |
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Sequential Movement Skills Across the Life Span
Heather Wilde, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Charles Shea, Texas A&M University-College Station, College Station, TX |
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