Efeitos do feedback de comparação temporal na aprendizagem motora em adolescentes

Abstract

Recent studies have pointed out that the provision of temporal comparison feedback affects the acquisition of motor skills in adults. It is unclear, however, whether such effects can be seen in other populations such as adolescents. The aim of the present study was to verify the effects of positive temporal comparison feedback on the acquisition of a motor skill in adolescents. The sample consisted of twenty-eight participants (11 boys and 17 girls), with a mean age of 15.5 years, distributed into a positive temporal comparison feedback group (GFTP) and a control group (GCON). The task was a serial reaction time, which consisted of performing a series of ten clicks of the computer mouse as quickly as possible, following the appearance of circles on the screen. All participants initially performed the baseline phase with twenty trials and, later, 105 trials in the acquisition phase. In this phase, GFTP participants received positive temporal comparison feedback, inducing an improvement in their performance throughout practice after every fifteen trials, with the first supply after the 30th trials. After 24 hours, the retention test was performed, consisting of twenty trials, withoutproviding temporal comparison feedback. A motivation questionnaire was applied at different times of the study. The results revealed no difference in performance between the groups in any phase of the study. However, the superiority of the GFTP was verified in some motivational constructs. We concluded that the provision of positive temporal comparison feedback did not benefit the acquisition of a motor skill in adolescents