Two experiments were conducted to examine the role of overt rehearsal of kinesthetic information on recall. In Exp. 1 preselected criterion movements were recalled with greater precision than constrained criterion movements but the benefits of overt rehearsal were negligible. In Exp. 2, 5 overt rehearsals improved replication of preselected movements (compared to 0 or 3) but rehearsal did not differ from immediate recall.
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