Apparent improvements from systematic sensory training locate in central factors such as attention and understanding, so strictly there is no sense training¶

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r2 · q1
Currency · newest study 1915 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? Where systematic training appears to improve sensory performance, the improvement is invariably located in central factors like direction of attention and ability to understand what is to be observed, so sensu stricto there is no such thing as sense training. → G. M. W 1915

Evidence¶

G. M. W 1915¶

G. M. W. (1915). The Problem of Sense Training. The Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. VI, No. 9. https://worldcat.org/search?q=Journal+of+Educational+Psychology+Volume+VI+1915

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

The editorial's central argument: careful experimental analysis of factors conditioning improvement in observation or discrimination attributes gains to central factors. Hedged by so far as my knowledge goes; no specific studies are cited.

"When we do encounter instances in which systematic training appears to have improved the performance of the senses, we invariably, so far as my knowledge goes, locate the improvement in some one or more central factors, like direction of attention"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Auditory Processing — outcome: instruction changes it

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