A Mental Practice Superiority Effect: Less Retroactive Interference and More Transfer Than Physical Practice

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 823-833

  Wohldmann, Erica L ^a   Healy, Alice F ^b   Bourne Jr , Lyle E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

mental practice; motor imagery; retroactive interference; skill retention; transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 47549104718     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.34.4.823     Document Type: Article

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