Is WOMBAT a psychomotor test?
WOMBAT is not a psychomotor test in the usual sense of the term. WOMBAT-CS requires a modest degree of psychomotor ability in the execution of a target tracking task. The left hand operates a single-axis joystick control, and the right hand operates a two-axis joystick control. The task is to position cursors to follow the random movements of two independent targets, one expanding and contracting in size and the other wandering about the face of the display. WOMBAT-FC has a minor psychomotor component involving the positioning of symbols with the joysticks, but it does not require the degree of skill called for by the WOMBAT-CS test. In both versions of the test, the joysticks are also used in a figure-rotation task that calls for imprecise control of the orientation of three-dimensional figures to allow them to be viewed from any aspect. The psychomotor skill required is minimal. Although the WOMBAT tracking tasks do not require unusual psychomotor skill, they are primary in the sense
