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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-3-27
pubmed:abstractText
Two experiments were conducted to examine the degree to which mentally retarded adults can be trained to improve their reaction time (RT) and movement time (MT). A discrete aiming task that had both RT and MT components was utilized in Experiment 1. Only MT improved significantly across the 15 training days, and this performance level was maintained after 5 months without practice. In Experiment 2 the extent to which RT can be trained in the absence of the spatial-temporal constraints of the aiming response was examined. Reaction time decreased significantly for both the training and training-plus-feedback groups over a 10-day training period. The findings demonstrate the role of response complexity in response-initiation processes for retarded adult workers.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0002-9351
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
85
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
389-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Training moderately and severely mentally retarded adults to improve reaction and movement times.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't