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Effects Of Practice Type And Task Difficulty On Visuospatial Performance, Soniya Assudani
Effects Of Practice Type And Task Difficulty On Visuospatial Performance, Soniya Assudani
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
The importance of visuospatial skills for every day survival is highly evident. Practice is a mechanism by which visuospatial skills can be enhanced. The current study examined how general practice, different types of practice, and levels of task difficulty affect visuospatial performance. Seventy-eight undergraduate students participated in the Block Design Task (extracted from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale) in which they had to construct a design with the blocks based on a printed image. Prior to completing 40 test trials, participants received opportunities for motor (physical), mental (visualization), or modeling (observational) practice. Half of the trials contained easy designs, and …