Retention of Transfer in Motor Learning After 24 Hours and After 14 Months as a Function of Degree First-Task Learning and Inter-task Similarity

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Title
Retention of Transfer in Motor Learning After 24 Hours and After 14 Months as a Function of Degree First-Task Learning and Inter-task Similarity
Date
1952
Index Abstract
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Photo Quality
Undetermined
Report Number
WADC TR 52-224
Corporate Author
Northwestern University
Laboratory
Aero Medical Laboratory
Extent
29
PB Number
PB108919
NTRL Accession Number
AD003247
Identifier
AD0003247
AD Number
3247
Access Rights
Unknown
Distribution Classification
1
DTIC Record Exists
Yes
Distribution Change Authority Correspondence
AFAL LTR
Distribution Change Action Date
5/15/2001
Distribution Conflict
Fix
Abstract
Retention of a transfer task provided on a self-paced discriminative motor device was studied as a function of degree of learning of the training task and similarity between tasks. Retention of the transfer task was measured after 24 hours and again after 14 months following acquisition. There was some forgetting over 24 hours but in relearning the positive transfer obtained during acquisition of the transfer task continued to be manifest and to vary directly both with degree of first-task learning and with task similarity. Proactive facilitation of retention was obtained. Forgetting over 14 months was great and showed evidence for differential proactive inhibition as a function of degree of learning. Relearning proceeded relatively rapidly. Performance during relearning varied directly with degree of first-task learning but did not vary with inter-task similarity.
Report Availability
Not available via Contrails
Date Issued
1952-10
Index In
DTIC
Type
report
Creator
Duncan, Carl P.
Underwood, Benton J.