Expressive Movement and Learning: A Study of Score Complexity

Abstract

The present report deals with two effects of movement variability as a function of practice in the drawing from memory of visually presented patterns. The first effect is found in initial practice stages only and appears to be related to the neurotic dichotomy of hysteria/dysthymia. The second effect is specific to late practice stages and related to schizophrenics as against neurotics and controls. Results are mainly discussed to illuminate the problem of score complexity in motor learning. The aim is to show how, in learning involving motor activity, the extent and variability of movement components may affect the validity of learning scores in their relation to personality.