[Experimental studies on the function of maintaining concentration (TAF)--with special reference to learning activity (author's transl)].
Target aiming function (TAF) was used to examine fatigability in learning and extracurricular activities and also to assess physical fitness. Results obtained were as follows: 1. TAF revealed that visual education through television during the afternoon in crippled children caused more fatigue than in the morning. The fact suggests that durations and methods of learning should be adequately combined with the somatic conditions of children. 2. Adoption of adequate physical training with mental loads resulted in an amelioration of mental activity, as revealed by TAF test. 3. TAF test appeared to be an effective way in detecting the concentrating ability in sports. In conclusion, TAF test was useful in detecting fatigue in learning and physical fitness under certain conditions. It is thus expected that we can improve an efficiency of learning activity in school life by assessing correctly mental loads to children through TAF tests and by rearranging the pattern of curriculum combined with daily life.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007590:Jogging; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D005222:Mental Fatigue / Q000503:physiopathology; D010809:Physical Fitness; D011674:Pulse; D013178:Sports Medicine