Absence of Stressful Conditions Accelerates Dexterous Skill Acquisition in Surgery

Acquisition of Cognitive Skill

A framework for skill acquisition is proposed that includes two major stages in the development of a cognitive skill: a declarative stage in which facts about the skill domain are interpreted and a procedural stage in which the domain knowledge is directly embodied in procedures for performing the skill. This general framework has been instantiated in the ACT system in which facts are encoded i...

INVESTIGATING SKILL ACQUISITION IN THE ABSENCE OF PHYSICAL PRACTICE: MOTOR IMAGERY-BASED SKILL ACQUISITION AND THE ROLE OF THE INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE by

Skill Acquisition in Air Traffic

Individual differences in skill acquisition are influenced by several architectural factors. According to Ackerman’s theory, general intelligence, speed of proceduralization and psychomotor speed influence different stages of skill acquisition. The ACT-R cognitive architecture allows for direct testing of this theory by manipulating parameters that correspond to these factors. The present study...

Cognitive skill acquisition.

Cognitive skill acquisition is acquiring the ability to solve problems in intellectual tasks, where success is determined more by subjects' knowledge than by their physical prowess. This review considers research conducted in the past ten years on cognitive skill acquisition. It covers the initial stages of acquiring a single principle or rule, the initial stages of acquiring a collection of in...

Motor skill acquisition.

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 213 A GENERAL LAW OF MOTOR LEARNING ................................................. 215 Motor Learning as a Power Law .............................................................. 216 The Power Law--A Special Case of Motor Learning? .................................... 217 WHAT IS LEARNED WITH ...