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The effects of contextual relevance and ownership on a reaching and placing task
Author(s) -
Holubar Michelle N.,
Rice Martin S.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2006.00538.x
Subject(s) - psychology , relevance (law) , task (project management) , movement (music) , context (archaeology) , meaning (existential) , quality (philosophy) , social psychology , applied psychology , cognitive psychology , political science , engineering , aesthetics , psychotherapist , geography , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , law , systems engineering
Aim: This study investigated whether a more familiar environment and object ownership would result in enhanced motor performance.Methods: Thirty‐two women from the community aged 30 to 60 years lifted and placed their mug and a second mug they did not own in their home kitchen and in a laboratory.Results: Although no differences were found on the factor of location, participants were more efficient (i.e. less movement time) when reaching for their own mug. Additionally, there were fewer movement units with their own mug in the lab than when at home.Conclusions: Implications are that perceived compatibility between context and ownership may influence the quality of movement. Further research is needed to investigate the role these factors have in the formation of meaning.