Original paper

Paradoxical Benefits of Dual-Task Contexts for Visuomotor Memory

Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 148 - 158
Published: Dec 10, 2014
Abstract
It is generally thought that increased attention helps when one is learning a new task. However, using a dual-task paradigm, we showed that the rate of visuomotor learning was the same regardless of attentional distraction caused by a secondary task. Yet, when participants were tested later, a motor skill learned under distraction was remembered only when a similar distraction was present; when participants were tested without the distracting...
Paper Details
Title
Paradoxical Benefits of Dual-Task Contexts for Visuomotor Memory
Published Date
Dec 10, 2014
Volume
26
Issue
2
Pages
148 - 158
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