TY - JOUR
T1 - Correlations for timing consistency among tapping and drawing tasks
T2 - Evidence against a single timing process for motor control
AU - Robertson, Shannon D.
AU - Zelaznik, Howard N.
AU - Lantero, Dawn A.
AU - Bojczyk, Kathryn Gadacz
AU - Spencer, Rebecca M.
AU - Doffin, Julie G.
AU - Schneidt, Tasha
PY - 1999/10
Y1 - 1999/10
N2 - Three experiments were conducted to examine whether timing processes can be shared by continuous tapping and drawing tasks. In all 3 experiments, temporal precision in tapping was not related to temporal precision in continuous drawing. There were modest correlations among the tapping tasks, and there were significant correlations among the drawing tasks. In Experiment 3, the function relating timing variance to the square of the observed movement duration for tapping was different from that for drawing. The conclusions drawn were that timing is not an ability to be shared by a variety of tasks but instead that the temporal qualities of skilled movement are the result of the specific processes necessary to produce a trajectory. These results are consistent with the idea that timing is an emergent property of movement.
AB - Three experiments were conducted to examine whether timing processes can be shared by continuous tapping and drawing tasks. In all 3 experiments, temporal precision in tapping was not related to temporal precision in continuous drawing. There were modest correlations among the tapping tasks, and there were significant correlations among the drawing tasks. In Experiment 3, the function relating timing variance to the square of the observed movement duration for tapping was different from that for drawing. The conclusions drawn were that timing is not an ability to be shared by a variety of tasks but instead that the temporal qualities of skilled movement are the result of the specific processes necessary to produce a trajectory. These results are consistent with the idea that timing is an emergent property of movement.
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U2 - 10.1037/0096-1523.25.5.1316
DO - 10.1037/0096-1523.25.5.1316
M3 - Article
C2 - 10531665
AN - SCOPUS:0033212197
SN - 0096-1523
VL - 25
SP - 1316
EP - 1330
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
IS - 5
ER -