Short-Term Retention of a Simple Motor Task as a Function of Interpolated Activity
- 1 February 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 18 (1) , 227-230
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1964.18.1.227
Abstract
During Pretraining, S was guided to two targets on a lever positioning device; during Training, S made an unguided move to the first target. After a 28-sec. retention period, S was tested by asking him to repeat his last move. Two disengagement variables were applied in a factorial combination during the retention interval. One required S to retrieve a pencil from the floor, the other required S to return the lever to zero. It was concluded that the zeroing response did not interfere with retention and that the retrieving response did.Keywords
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