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Previous studies found that passive watching of an untracked rotary pursuit (RP) target did not affect final practice. A similar finding was obtained from the present experiment, using a different method. S actively watched a demonstrator achieve 50% time on target (TOT) at any one of three speeds. Results suggested that reactive inhibition was generated in discriminative processes rather than in eye movements.
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A version of this paper was presented November 2, 1968 at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Data was gathered for the study by Rodney De Angelis, with the support of Grant RG-138 from the faculty of The University of Akron.
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Rosenquist, H.S. Rotary pursuit performance as a function of watching demonstrations at slower speeds. Psychon Sci 14, 157 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332763
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