Psychomotor Task with Perfect Recall after Fifty Weeks of No Practice

Abstract

Seven Ss were trained to varying extents on a difficult balancing task, and then tested after 50 wk. without practice. The learning curves of all but one S continued after the hiatus as if there had been no break in training. The results were compared with those from other studies of long-term retention of motor skills, and various possible explanations for the unusually high retention were discussed.