Prevention and correction in post-error performance: An ounce of prevention, a pound of cure.

Volume: 142, Issue: 3, Pages: 692 - 709
Published: Jan 1, 2013
Abstract
Error detection serves 2 different functions: prevention and cure. Prevention engages post-error slowing to reduce future errors, whereas cure engages processes that correct the error. Thus, prevention predicts post-error slowing, and cure does not. We investigated this distinction in skilled typists in 3 experiments. In Experiment 1, post-error performance was investigated in 800 typists who completed a short continuous typing test where...
Paper Details
Title
Prevention and correction in post-error performance: An ounce of prevention, a pound of cure.
Published Date
Jan 1, 2013
Volume
142
Issue
3
Pages
692 - 709
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