Contextual interference effects (Battig, 1979) on memory and transfer were investigated using coincidence anticipation tasks in which subjects had to predict the arrival time of a light stimulus. A cognitive-motor interpolated activity was performed by one group of subjects and this condition was compared to blocked and random practice conditions. This study investigated the hypothesis of Lee & Magill (1985) that forgetting the cognitive processing steps in performance of a task would benefit retention. Results are discussed and recommendations for future work suggested.
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