title: On the cognitive basis of observational learning: development of mechanisms for the detection and correction of errors.
abstract: It has been proposed that observation of a model practising a motor skill results in the observer developing mechanisms for the detection and correction of errors that are similar to those acquired during physical practice. Results of a first experiment indicated that prior observation of a model permitted participants to estimate their errors as efficiently as those who had physically practised the task. Similarly, results of a second experiment indicated that observation of a model receiving biased knowledge of results during practice resulted in similarly biased reference and error detection/correction mechanisms for the observers and for the models. These results suggest that observation engages one in cognitive processes similar to those occurring during physical practice.
authors.affiliation: Université de Montréal, Canada.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Blandin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Proteau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D019370:Observation; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011597:Psychomotor Performance