Citation

Corrêa UC, de Souza OP. Percept. Mot. Skills 2009; 109(3): 817-823.

Affiliation

Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Educação Física e Esporte, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes, 65, São Paulo, SP, Brasil 05508-030. umbertoc@usp.br

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20178281

Abstract

The effects of different types of goal setting on motor skill learning were investigated. 100 individuals (64 men, 36 women) without experience in the performance of the Bachman ladder task participated. Participants were randomly assigned to one of five goal groups: (a) generic, (b) long-term, difficult, (c) long-term, easy, (d) short- and long-term, difficult, and (e) short- and long-term, easy. In the acquisition phase, participants performed 200 trials, and in the transfer and retention phases, each performed 50 trials. The dependent variable was the number of steps achieved in blocks of 10 trials. The results showed that the groups had similar performances in both the transfer and retention phases. Setting of generic, difficult, easy, long- and short-term, and self-setting goals all enabled similar effects on motor learning.

Language: en