Rhythmic Perception and Gross Motor Performance

The primary problem was to determine relationships between three different forms of rhythmic perception and tests of motor performance. A subsidiary problem was the construction of the A-V-T Apparatus for the projection of rhythmic patterns from the Seashore Test of Rhythm, in aural, visual, and tactile media. Results of the study indicate the feasibility of projection of rhythmic patterns in several sensory media but do not indicate a significant relationship to objective measures of motor performance or motor learning. Apparently further experimentation utilizing the traditional concept of rhythmic perception as ability to perceive periodic successions is not likely to prove fruitful.