Estrutura de prática e idade no processo adaptativo da aprendizagem de uma tarefa de "timing" coincidente

the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of different practice schedules on the adaptive process of a coincident timing task learning in function of age. children (n = 40), adults (n = 47) and elderly (n = 57) were distributed into constant, random, constant-random and random-constant practice groups. the task consisted of touching response keys sequentially in conjunction with a visual stimulus. the experimental design was consisted of two learning phases: stabilization and adaptation. the data were analyzed in terms of absolute, variable, constant and execution errors. the results showed that the constant-random practice was the most efficient for the adaptive process in learning a coincident timing task regardless of the age group.