The phrase 'speed of acquisition' is correct and usable in written English.
The phrase is commonly used to refer to the rate at which someone learns new subjects or skills. For example, "Carol's speed of acquisition was impressive; she learned to play the piano in only a few months."
New advantages (speed of acquisition, portability, large affinity groups) are replacing old ones (tactile pleasures, granular quality, in-person conversation).
We compared speed of acquisition and preference for using a speech-generating device (SGD) versus manual signing (MS) as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) options.
The application of multi-mode techniques, in order to determine the times of flight of the ultrasounds, gives solution to the main problems of this kind of sensorial system (little precision and low speed of acquisition), but also presents certain constraints to perform its processing in real time.
We describe technical improvements and optimization of these methods as well as instrumental choices that impact speed of acquisition of fMRI and dMRI images at 3 T, leading to whole brain coverage with 2 mm isotropic resolution in 0.7 s for fMRI, and 1.25 mm isotropic resolution dMRI data for tractography analysis with three-fold reduction in total dMRI data acquisition time.
Over this time, the technique has evolved considerably, aided by improvements in spatial resolution and speed of acquisition.
The type of scanning technology has an impact on the accuracy, maximum range and speed of acquisition.
Some individuals acquire skills more rapidly than others; indeed, innate abilities and the speed of skill acquisition vary considerably among trainees, even in groups with similar levels of clinical experience [ 17].
Our results suggest that variability in the follow-through, which might arise from planning variability [ 37], motor noise [ 19, 20, 38], or other sources of variability [ 39], would lead to a reduction in the speed of skill acquisition.
In contrast, a variable follow-through may access multiple motor memories across trials, with any learning being spread across multiple memories, leading to a decrease in the speed of skill acquisition.
Nevertheless, such a strategy does not match the speed of data acquisition, since several hours are needed for the initial data acquisition process, while several days are required for their subsequent processing and image building.
This sort of inference is called "fast-mapping" and is thought to be the skill that underlies human children's astonishing speed of language acquisition in early childhood.
