Further study of the retention of verbal and motor skills.

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"1. Fifty-one Ss learned to locate and actuate 10 pairs of switches, so connected that a buzzer sounded when each correct pair was turned on. At the same time they learned 10 pairs of nonsense syllables, attached as labels to the switches. 2. After three correct trials, they were given a pre-retention test on the two types of materials separately, and divided into three groups. The groups came back for post-retention tests after 1, 7 and 28 days, respectively. 3. There was no significant difference in retention between the two types of materials after any of the retention intervals. 4. The actuation of the paired switches is believed to be a perceptual-motor activity, fairly free from verbal elements. Therefore, the results disprove the hypothesis that motor materials are retained better than verbal ones if both are organized in the same manner. 5. The marked resistance of certain skills, as the pursuit rotor, [to forgetting] is apparently due to their integrated nature." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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