Memorizing and reproducing the sequence of movements by younger schoolchildren and adolescents: age-specific mistakes

Korneev, A.A. Lomonosov Moscow State University

Lomakin Dmitry I. Institute of Developmental Physiology, RAO

Fig. 1. Stimulus material and experimental test. A – examples of trajectories of different lengths. B – two modes of presentation: static left and dynamic right. B – time schedule of the experimental test.

Fig. 2. E in reproduction of trajectories. Upper row – samples of the trajectory, the bottom row – the answers of the test subjects. There are four types of errors (from left to right): gross distortion, complication, simplification and violation of proportions (dysmetry).

Fig. 3. The total number of errors of all four types in children of different ages in the reproduction of trajectories of different complexity, presented in different modes

Fig. 4. Mean values of errors of different types in children of different ages when playing trajectories of varying complexity, presented in different modes. A – gross violations of the trajectory; B – complications and simplification of the trajectory; B – violation of proportions of the figure elements.

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