Abstract
[Purpose] Differences in the effects of verbal feedback used concurrently or terminally were investigated. [Subjects] Twenty-four young adults participated in this study. [Methods] The subjects were quasi-randomly assigned to one of two groups: the concurrent feedback group or the terminal feedback group. The learning task was moving the right toe forward to the target height. [Results] Performances in practice and the retention test were similar in both groups. In the concurrent feedback group, performances of trials provided with feedback in each block were more accurate than those of trials done before being provided with feedback. Meanwhile, in the terminal feedback group, performances were similar in the first and final trials in each block. [Conclusion] These results suggest that the effects of practice with concurrent feedback are as beneficial as that with terminal feedback, but that performances vary in a different way between groups.
