title: Rapid learning by walking observers wearing a reversing or inverting prism.
abstract: We measured the initial rapid learning of walking observers who wore an up-down inverting or left-right reversing prism. This prism-walking version of the 'mirror-drawing' experiment revealed that the learning curve as a function of the trial number was the same as that typically acquired from a traditional mirror-drawing experiment. We suggest that the initial short-term learning process involved in prism walking is similar to that in mirror drawing and is related to the high-level decision-making process involved in visuo-motor planning of actions with feedback from transformed vision.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Design, Kyushu University, 4-9-1, Shiobaru, Minami-ku, Fukuoka-shi 815-8540, Japan. ito@design.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sunaga
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tomimatsu
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogata
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D059032:Learning Curve; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*