Host: Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics (SOFT)
The present longitudinal study aimed to investigate the relationship between acquisition of performance skills and flow as an index of intrinsic motivation. At the end of each piano practice, partic- ipants completed the questionnaire about the flow experience scale during piano practice. To determine the effects of training with practice, several tests to assess performance skills were carried out before and after twenty hours of practice. The specific state in which the flow was experienced or flow experience itself were suggested to be effective in acquisition of performance skills.
