Christensen, Wayne, Sutton, John and McIlwain, Doris J. F. (2016) Cognition in skilled action : meshed control and the varieties of skill experience. Mind & Language, 31 (1). pp. 37-66. doi:10.1111/mila.12094 ISSN 0268-1064.

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Abstract

We present a synthetic theory of skilled action which proposes that cognitive processes make an important contribution to almost all skilled action, contrary to influential views that many skills are performed largely automatically. Cognitive control is focused on strategic aspects of performance, and plays a greater role as difficulty increases. We offer an analysis of various forms of skill experience and show that the theory provides a better explanation for the full set of these experiences than automatic theories. We further show that the theory can explain experimental evidence for skill automaticity, including evidence that secondary tasks do not interfere with expert performance, and evidence that experts have reduced memory for performance of sensorimotor skills.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Journal or Publication Title:	Mind & Language
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
ISSN:	0268-1064
Official Date:	2 February 2016
Dates:	Date Event 2 February 2016 Published
Volume:	31
Number:	1
Page Range:	pp. 37-66
DOI:	10.1111/mila.12094
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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