Strategies in Rotary Pursuit Tracking

1976 ◽  
pp. 290-300
Author(s):  
C. D. Frith
Keyword(s):  
Rotary Pursuit ◽  
Pursuit Tracking

Reminiscence and Strategies of Performance in Rotary Pursuit Tracking

1989 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-226
Author(s):  
Ubaldo Cuesta
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Speed ◽  
Crossover Effect ◽  
Rotary Pursuit ◽  
Pursuit Rotor ◽  
Pursuit Tracking

The maximum speed at which man detects and corrects errors is analyzed on the pursuit rotor. During the prerest performance, scores of about 220 msec. are found, for both extravertive and introvertive subjects. During the postrest performance a crossover effect appeared: extraverts had scores near 60 msec, while introverts did not surpass 100 msec. The results are discussed in the framework of Eysenck and Frith's (1977) theory of reminiscence.

Supplementary feedback in rotary-pursuit tracking.

1964 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ina Mcd Bilodea ◽  
Henry S. Rosenquist
Keyword(s):  
Rotary Pursuit ◽  
Pursuit Tracking

Function of Achievement Motivation in Learning Rotary Pursuit Tracking

1985 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 851-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamotsu Nishida ◽  
Kimihiro Inomata
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Motor Skill ◽  
Skill Learning ◽  
Motor Skill Learning ◽  
Rotary Pursuit ◽  
Pursuit Tracking

To examine the effectiveness of achievement motivation on motor skill learning, 15 high and 15 low need-achievers as selected by the Mehrabian scale performed rotary pursuit tracking. The high need-achievers showed significantly higher scores on the time on target and relatively higher scores on the goal discrepancy and heart rate in trials of the task than the low need-achievers. It was concluded that the high need-achievers showed greater learning of the motor skill than the low need-achievers.

Factors in Recovery from Performance Decrement: Activation, Inhibition and Warm-up

1967 ◽  
Vol 24 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1223-1231 ◽  
Author(s):  
John F. Catalano ◽  
Patricia M. Whalen
Keyword(s):  
Enhancement Effect ◽  
Performance Decrement ◽  
Main Condition ◽  
Warm Up ◽  
Rotary Pursuit ◽  
Muscular Tension ◽  
Activation Level ◽  
Pursuit Rotor ◽  
Pursuit Tracking ◽  
Direction Opposite

It has been recently found that rotary pursuit tracking performance can be enhanced as a result of inducing muscular tension by requiring individuals to squeeze a dynamometer as an interpolated activity between tracking trials. The present experiment was designed to determine whether such enhancement would result if the tension inducing activity utilized the same muscular movements as those involved in the rotary pursuit task. In the main condition, Ss were required to overcome 3 in.-lb. of resistance in order to turn a disk at 60 rpm. This interpolated activity significantly enhanced reminiscence beyond that following rest alone. No enhancement occurred in a control condition when there was no resistance to overcome. Another condition in which muscular tension was induced by turning the disk in a direction opposite to that of the pursuit rotor target resulted in an enhancement of reminiscence. A final tension inducing condition in which the disk was turned with the non-tracking hand produced a bilateral enhancement effect. It was generally found that those individuals with the greatest amount of performance decrement tended to show the greatest enhancement. The results of this study were viewed as additional evidence of the influence of changes in activation level upon efficiency of performance.

The Visual Response Component of Rotary Pursuit Tracking

1965 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 555-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry S. Rosenquist
Keyword(s):  
Present Experiment ◽  
Visual Response ◽  
Response Component ◽  
Decremental Effect ◽  
Rotary Pursuit ◽  
Subsequent Performance ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Statistical Adjustment ◽  
Pursuit Tracking ◽  
The Right

Adams (1955) found that watching the rotary pursuit affected subsequent performance. Since this finding disagrees with reports by Melton (1947), Ammons (1951), and Duncan (1957), the present experiment set out to test Adams' watching procedure for reliability and generality. Each of 198 Ss tracked the rotary pursuit for 5 min. with the right hand, next received one of 11 different treatments consisting of various durations of watching, resting, or both, and finally resumed tracking for another 5 min., using the left hand. After statistical adjustment of left-hand scores to the expected post-rest level, the results showed a decremental effect, supporting Adams, and indicated that the effect was functionally related to various durations of watching and resting.

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