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| Authors: | Bonnie J Purdy Aileene Lockhart |
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| Institution: | 1. Long Beach State College , Long Beach , California , USA;2. University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California , USA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Retention and relearning of five novel gross motor skills after a long period of no practice were studied. College women were classified into high, average, and low skill groups in a previous experiment, and this classification of 36 of the original subjects was retained in the present retesting study. A high degree of skill was retained after approximately one year of no practice. Relearning to previously attained skill levels was rapid. There were significant differences among classified high, average, and low skill groups in learning, retention, and relearning. |
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