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Abstract
One hundred and ninety-two subjects were tested on two large muscle motor tasks in order to determine the influence of age and sex on the amount and rate of learning. One required the maintenance of immobility of a stabilometer; the other involved climbing a free standing ladder. Learning curves of six groups of male subjects and six groups of female subjects ranging in age from 26 to 50 years were obtained on the stabilometer and the free standing ladder climb. Variance analyses showed that rate of learning was not influenced by sex over the range 26 to 50 years and that it may also be independent of age over this same range. The amount of learning was unrelated to age but sex differences in learning ability in the range 26 to 50 were dependent upon the task.