Retention of Intentional and Incidental Motor Learning

Abstract

Abstract Eighty naive subjects produced and recalled a series of four linear arm-positioning movements. Half the subjects had instructions to learn the movements and the remainder thought they were participating in a distance estimation task. The groups were subdivided and recall was tested after 0, 36, 60, and 600 seconds. Analysis of variance revealed a significant difference between modified variable error scores of incidental and intentional learners and a significant effect due to length of the retention interval. The interaction effect was also significant.