Reminiscence in motor learning as a function of length of interpolated rest.

Abstract

"1. Six groups of males Ss were given ten 50 sec. trials, with a 10 sec. inter-trial interval on a modified Koerth pursuit rotot. After rests of 10, 30, 150, 300, 600, or 1200 sec., two 50 sec. reminiscence trials were given . . … 2. The results indicate that reminiscence increases as a negatively accelerated function of length of rest and is very close to the asymptote at 600 sec., beyond which longer rests appear to be ineffective in producing greater reminiscence. 3. By inverting the recovery function, a measure of decay of I-sub(R) was calculated, and a simple negative growth function was fitted to the points thus obtained. 4. The results of the investigation seem to verify Hull's theoretical formulation of the decay of inhibition as a function of time." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)