Date of Award

Summer 1989

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Program/Concentration

Psychology

Committee Director

Raymond H. Kirby

Committee Member

Elaine M. Justice

Committee Member

David L. Pancoast

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.P65F85

Abstract

This research assessed whether rhythm aids in the acquisition of motor skills by providing cues for the timing of those skills. The nature of representations of rhythms in memory was also explored. Certain rhythms have stable memory representations, while others have unstable representations. It was hypothesized that rhythms that had stable memory representations would be more beneficial in learning a skill than unstable rhythms. Three groups learned three different rhythms by practicing a tracking task. Three different tracks displayed the three rhythms. Following training, subjects attempted to reproduce the rhythms from memory. The results suggest that rhythms do help in learning motor skills, but stable rhythms are not superior to unstable rhythms.

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DOI

10.25777/fb6s-6g05

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