The effects of a single reminder trial on retention of a motor skill.
Two experiments investigated the effects of a single reminder trial on immediate and delayed retention. Experiment 1 determined if beneficial effects of a reminder trial were a function of task order immediate retention performance benefited only when the reminder trial was practiced in the first block of trials. Experiment 2 added a 24-hr delayed retention test to examine the long-term benefits of a reminder trial. Retention performance was enhanced over both delay intervals. The long-term effect extended previous research (Shea & Titzer, 1993) that documented effects after 10 min. The use of a single reminder trial established that intertask comparisons between multiple reminder trials were not a precondition for the reminder trial effect as postulated by Shea and Titzer.
Fairbrother
Jeffrey T
JT
Department of Exercise, Sport and Leisure Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-2700, USA. jfairbr1@utk.edu
Shea
John B
JB
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D009048:Motor Skills; D017010:Reminder Systems; D014481:United States