Dr. Jeffrey Fairbrother
Jeffrey T. Fairbrother, Ph.D. (Florida State University) teaches Human Motor Behavior (SS 290), Motor Behavior and Skill Acquisition (SS 534), and Expert Performance in Sports (SS 536). His research focuses on human motor performance and learning. He has published or presented papers on contextual interference, expertise and aging, repeated testing effects, and task switching in motor skills. He has recently served as a reviewer for Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Quest, and the Journal of Swimming Research. He is an active member of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. His recent work includes:
Fairbrother, J.T. and Shea, J.B. (2005). The Effects of a Single Reminder Trial on the Retention of a Motor Skill. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 76, 1, 49-59.
Magnuson, C.E., Shea, J.B., and Fairbrother, J.T. (2004). Effects of repeated retention tests on learning a single timing task. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 75, 39-46.
Fairbrother, J.T., Hall, K.G., and Shea, J.B. (2002). Differential transfer and retention benefits in movement time and relative timing for blocked and random practice of speeded-response tasks belonging to a single movement class. Journal of Human Movement Studies, 42, 291-303.
Giuffrida, C.G., Shea, J.B., and Fairbrother, J.T. (2002). Differential transfer benefits of increased practice for constant, blocked, and serial practice schedules. Journal of Motor Behavior, 34, 353-365.
Contact Information
Dr. Jeffrey Fairbrother
Assistant Professor
1914 Andy Holt Ave.
347 HPER
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-2700
Phone: 865-974-3616
Email: jfairbr1@utk.edu
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