Abstract des Autors

The specificity of training principle from exercise physiology was tested in a motor skills learning context. Two criterion conditions (either fatigued or nonfatigued) for performing a movement-time task were defined on day 2 and subjects practiced for this criterion under either fatigued or nonfatigued conditions on day 1. Regardless of whether the criterion day 2 performance was under fatigued or nonfatigued conditions, practice under nonfatigued conditions produced more effective learning than did practice under fatigued conditions, although the effect was considerably larger for the nonfatigued criterion condition. This evidence was contrary to the specificity of training principle for motor skills situations. Verf.-Referat