Long-term retention of a motor skill: Implicit sequence knowledge is not retained after a one-year delay

Psychological Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 113-119

  Willingham, Daniel B ^a   Dumas, Julie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 0040263384     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00419684     Document Type: Article

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