title: The effect of rest following massed practice of continuous and discrete motor tasks.
abstract: Theories of the rest-related phenomena of reminiscence and warm-up decrement regard them as independent, being due to different factors. In this study it was found that rest following massed practice of a continuous task increased performance (reminiscence) and rest following massed practice of a discrete task lowered performance (warm-up decrement). The near-zero correlation found between the phenomena indicates that they are indeed independent and task-specific. Implications of the findings for the prediction of the effect of rest, and the fact that much motor learning and performance is task-specific, is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Cortland, NY 13045, USA.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Catalano