Enhancing performance expectancies through visual illusions facilitates motor learning in children |
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Affiliation: | 1. Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Belgrade, Serbia;2. Laboratoire des systèmes perceptifs, Département d''études cognitives, École normale supérieure, PSL Research University, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France |
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Abstract: | In a recent study by Chauvel, Wulf, and Maquestiaux (2015), golf putting performance was found to be affected by the Ebbinghaus illusion. Specifically, adult participants demonstrated more effective learning when they practiced with a hole that was surrounded by small circles, making it look larger, than when the hole was surrounded by large circles, making it look smaller. The present study examined whether this learning advantage would generalize to children who are assumed to be less sensitive to the visual illusion. Two groups of 10-year olds practiced putting golf balls from a distance of 2 m, with perceived larger or smaller holes resulting from the visual illusion. Self-efficacy was increased in the group with the perceived larger hole. The latter group also demonstrated more accurate putting performance during practice. Importantly, learning (i.e., delayed retention performance without the illusion) was enhanced in the group that practiced with the perceived larger hole. The findings replicate previous results with adult learners and are in line with the notion that enhanced performance expectancies are key to optimal motor learning (Wulf & Lewthwaite, 2016). |
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Keywords: | Golf putting Visual perception Ebbinghaus illusion Learning Self-efficacy |
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