Level of Expertise, Interpolated Activity and Contextual Interference Effects on Memory and Transfer
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 64 (1) , 275-284
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1987.64.1.275
Abstract
Effects of contextual interference on memory and transfer were investigated using tasks of coincident anticipation in which subjects had to predict the arrival time of a light stimulus. Female sport-skill experts were compared to less experienced subjects. A cognitive-motor interpolated activity was performed by one group of subjects, and this condition was compared with blocked and variable practice conditions. This study investigated the 1985 hypothesis of Lee and Magill that forgetting the cognitive processing steps in the performance of a task would facilitate retention. Analysis indicated some support of Battig's predictions mote at retention than transfer but clearly did not support Lee and Magill's views on forgetting. Expertise was a significant factor in acquisition, retention, and transfer since sport experts responded with less error on almost all measures.Keywords
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