June 11, 2013 13:00 — 1 Comment

Study: Skills Decline If Errors Go Unrecognized

A study from Johns Hopkins has revealed that when individuals are unable to recognize their own errors as they complete a simple, routine task, it’s likely that their skill will decline over time.  The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, evaluated the brain’s motor control system, and found that when people learn to do a task well but are being told their performance is perfect, their actual performance will get worse. Click here to read the full story.

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  1. Sujan Swearingen says:

    This is entirely true but there is no clear understanding of the underlying mechanism.

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