TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Effects of goal difficulty and temporality in motor skill acquisition using the Bachman ladder
JO  - Perceptual and motor skills
A1  - Corrêa, Umberto Cesar
A1  - de Souza, Orlando Pereira Junior
SP  - 817
EP  - 823
VL  - 109
IS  - 3
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-5125
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -