Repeated Retention Testing Effects Do Not Generalize to a Contextual Interference Protocol |
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| Authors: | Jeffrey T Fairbrother John B Shea Scott T Marzilli |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Exercise, Sport, and Leisure Studies , University of Tennessee;2. Department of Kinesiology , Indiana University;3. Department of Health, Leisure, and Exercise Science , University of West Florida |
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| Abstract: | Three experiments examined repeated retention testing effects in a contextual interference (CI) protocol. Retention was assessed at 10 min and 24 hr following acquisition or at just 24-hr for the one-test conditions. Experiments 1 and 2 used speeded-response key-pressing tasks. Dependent measures were total time and errors. Experiment 3 used sequential-timing tasks. Dependent measures were absolute error and absolute constant error. Results revealed CI effects in each experiment. Repeated retention testing effects were not found in Experiments 1 and 3. Experiment 2 revealed superior performance by the two-test condition compared to the one-test condition. This result was qualified by possible practice effects during the 10-min test. It was concluded that repeated retention testing does not present problems for most studies of CI. |
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| Keywords: | Practice schedule Reencoding Memory Forgeting |
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