96 male students performed for 20 min. on a pursuit rotor with either the preferred hand (P) or non-preferred (Np) hand. Practice was either Massed (M), Spaced (Sp) or Switched (Sw) which required S to switch hands during alternate 30-sec. practice periods. The results show an over-all difference between hands (P > Np) and among practice conditions (Sp > Sw > M) but the observed intermediate position of Sw was uninterpretable since either dissipation of inhibition or transfer of training could have produced this effect.
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