His mind surely racing, this motor-mouth performer, was for once at a loss for words.
Despite such observation, relatively little attention has been paid to studying individual differences in experienced performers' perceptual-motor behaviors.
It wasn't odd: Millay was a consummate performer, but her motor ran on adulation, and, like alcohol, it warped her judgment of how much she could take before she embarrassed herself.
In most instructional situations where motor skills are to be learned, performers are given instructions about the correct movement pattern, which typically refer to specific body segments in relation to timing, position, and trajectory [ 19].
The performance and learning of motor skills has been shown to be enhanced if the performer adopts an external focus of attention (focus on the movement effect) compared to an internal focus (focus on the movements themselves) [ 20].
Recent research has indicated that performers' mental representation of a motor skill changes over the course of learning.
Thus, the performer's focus of attention has an important influence on the performance and learning of motor skills [ 12- 15].
Floating Points, Joy Orbison, and Motor City Drum Ensemble are some of the performers listed by name.
Closed to motor traffic, it is often alive with street performers, clowns, jugglers, mimes, and musicians: accordion players, violinists, guitarists, and even full jazz bands with upright piano, stand-up bass and clarinet.
Thus, a Nicaraguan performer's Nicaraguan gestures come from his culturally determined motor repertoire, but the same gestures are not part of the American performer's motor repertoire.
