Motor Learning and Transfer Along Two Continua of Complexity for Nonspeech Oral Gestures: Quantity and Consistency of Intraoral Pressure Peaks
Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the point at which a minimally complex well-trained nonspeech task transfers to other nonspeech tasks of varying complexity. Participants included ten normal adult speakers. The nonspeech training task included bilabial production of a single intraoral pressure peak at either 7 or 15 cm H2O. Participants received random training on the two pressure targets, with Knowledge of Results provided on 50% of the trials. Complexity of the transfer tasks was manipulated by varying both the number of intraoral pressure peaks and the consistency of pressure targets. Only 4 participants demonstrated learning of the single peak task. For these four participants, transfer occurred from the training task to the more complex transfer tasks at roughly the same time. Findings suggest that there was no difference in complexity between number of pressure peaks and the consistency of the pressure targets.
Author: Julie B Kotler
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W21378461