The present study showed a consistent pattern with a typical contextual interference effect in motor skill learning (N = 38 adults). Individuals trained under the high contextual interference condition may receive greater learning benefits than those under the low contextual interference condition during the rehearsal of task variations of a single motor skill in a field setting.
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