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Autor:
Mary M. Smyth, Kirsty Miller
Publikováno v:
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 65:1911-1926
The bimanual coupling literature supposes an inherent drive for synchrony between the upper limbs when making discrete bimanual movements. The level of synchrony is argued to be task dependent, reliant on the visual demands of the two targets, and th
Autor:
Ursula Mason, Mary M. Smyth
Publikováno v:
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 40:672-681
This study investigates the relation between performance on simple tasks dependent on proprioception, and performance of complex perceptual-motor skills in clumsy children and age-matched control children. One hundred and forty-six right-handed child
Autor:
Mary M. Smyth, Kevin Dent
Publikováno v:
Visual Cognition. 13:529-572
Performance was examined in a task requiring the reconstruction of spatial locations. Previous research suggests that it may be necessary to differentiate between memory for smaller and larger numbers of locations (Postma & DeHaan, 1996), at least wh
Autor:
Mary M. Smyth, Kevin Dent
Publikováno v:
Acta Psychologica. 120:113-140
Short-term memory for form-position associations was assessed using an object relocation task. Participants attempted to remember the positions of either three or five Japanese Kanji characters, presented on a computer monitor. Following a short blan
Publikováno v:
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A. 58:909-930
In two studies we presented pictures of unfamiliar faces one at a time, then presented the complete set at test and asked for serial reconstruction of the order of presentation. Serial position functions were similar to those found with verbal materi
Autor:
Mary M. Smyth
Publikováno v:
Theory & Psychology. 14:527-553
Unlike biology textbooks, psychology textbooks do not present autonomous facts of psychology but introduce students to the need for evidence in accounts of psychological knowledge. This paper concerns the range of ways in which textbooks deal with ar
Publikováno v:
Journal of Motor Behavior. 36:91-103
The authors investigated whether 5- to 10-year-old children (N = 75) differ from adults (N = 12) in the developmental course of distance scaling and the adaptations to the inability to see the hand during prehension movements. The children reached un
Publikováno v:
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A. 57:269-296
In two studies, children between 5 and 10 years of age were asked to reach to grasp an object without sight of the hand during the movement. The oldest children and adults were faster when they could see the hand and increased maximum grip aperture w
Autor:
Mary M. Smyth, Margaret Cousins
Publikováno v:
Human Movement Science. 22:433-459
The aim of this study was to extend the understanding of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) into adulthood. We recruited 19 adults aged between 18 and 65 who had received diagnoses of DCD or dyspraxia or who self-reported as having motor impai