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Document Type
Research
Abstract
Systematic laboratory studies of retention-retention beyond a few hours or a few days-of skill in performing complex perceptual motor tasks are in short supply. In contrast there is no shortage of anecdotal accounts of phenomenal proficiency in typing, ice skating, bicycle riding, and the like, displayed after years (and years) without practice. Largely as a consequence of anecdotes, many erudite persons (with some psychologists in the forefront among them) firmly believe that all motor skills are retained indefinitely while verbal and other symbolic materials are soon forgotten.
Publication Date
1956
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
63
Issue
1
First Page
591
Last Page
599
Copyright
©1956 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Lewis, Don and Lowe, William F.
(1956)
"Retention of Skill on the SAM Complex Coordinator,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 63(1), 591-599.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol63/iss1/64