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This paper overviews recent experimental work examining the nature of the augmented information feedback required to optimize skill learning in discrete tasks. For most tasks, traditional knowledge of results (KR) of the response outcome is not sufficient to optimize performance. Information feedback regarding the response dynamics must be provided in terms of the control space that is required to unequivocally define the task constraints, together with those constraints imposed upon movement by optimization criteria. The augmented information available must match the degrees of freedom requiring constraint in the movement sequence. Evidence is highlighted that reflects how the influence of kinematic and kinetic information feedback on skill acquisition is modulated by task constraints.
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Newell, K.M., Carlton, M.J. (1987). Augmented Information Feedback And Task Constraints. In: Mark, L.S., Warm, J.S., Huston, R.L. (eds) Ergonomics and Human Factors. Recent Research in Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4756-2_11
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