Research article summary (published 29 Jun 2008):

Overproduction timing errors in expert dancers.

Full Abstract

The authors investigated how expert dancers achieve accurate timing under various conditions. They designed the conditions to interfere with the dancers' attention to time and to test the explanation of the interference effect provided in the attentional model of time processing. Participants were 17 expert contemporary dancers who performed a freely chosen duration while walking and executing a bilateral cyclic arm movement over a given distance. The dancers reproduced that duration in different situations of interference. The process yielded temporal overproductions, validating the attentional model and extending its application to expert populations engaged in complex motor situations. The finding that the greatest overproduction occurred in the transfer-with-improvisation condition suggests that improvisation within a time deadline requires specific training.

Author information

Author/s: Minvielle-Moncla, Joëlle (J); Audiffren, Michel (M); Macar, Françoise (F); Vallet, Cécile (C);

Affiliation: Centre de Recherche sur la Cognition et l'Apprentissage, Université de Poitiers, France. joelle.minivielle(-atsign-)univ-poitiers.fr

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article

Journal: Journal of motor behavior (J Mot Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Jul; vol 40 (issue 4) : pp 291-300

Dates: Created 2008/07/16; Completed 2008/09/11;

PMID: 18628106, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Adult Analysis of Variance Attention - physiology Dancing - physiology; psychology Female Humans Judgment - physiology Male

Male Mental Recall - physiology Middle Aged Motor Skills - physiology Movement - physiology Time Factors Time Perception - physiology Walking - physiology

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