Retroactive interference and mental practice effects on motor performance : a pilot study Kremer, Peter, Spittle, Michael and Malseed, Sarah 2011, Retroactive interference and mental practice effects on motor performance : a pilot study, Perceptual and motor skills, vol. 113, no. 3, pp. 805-814. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Retroactive interference and mental practice effects on motor performance : a pilot study Author(s) Kremer, Peter orcid.org/0000-0003-2476-1958 Spittle, Michael Malseed, Sarah Journal name Perceptual and motor skills Volume number 113 Issue number 3 Start page 805 End page 814 Total pages 10 Publisher Ammons Scientific Place of publication Missoula, Mont. Publication date 2011-12 ISSN 0031-5125 1558-688X Keyword(s) adolescent adult athletic performance Summary This study examined the effect of similar versus dissimilar retroactive interference on the mental practice effects for performing a novel motor skill. Research has shown that mental practice of a motor task can interfere with learning and performance of the task; however, little is known about how different retroactive interference activities affect mental practice effects. 90 volunteers ages 18 to 51 years (M=26.8, SD=9.6) completed a pre-test and post-test of 10 sets of five trials of a throwing task with the non-preferred hand. In the practice phase, participants mentally practiced the throwing task and then mentally practiced a task that was similar, dissimilar, or completed an unrelated reading task. Performance for all groups improved from pre- to post-test; however, there were no differences in increases for the three groups. The findings suggest that mental practice of similar and dissimilar tasks produced no significant interference in performance. Language eng Field of Research 110603 Motor Control Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2011, Ammons Scientific Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30044942 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 01 May 2012, 13:20:42 EST Mon, 07 May 2012, 15:57:11 EST Wed, 09 May 2012, 15:09:36 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 14:00:02 EST Wed, 09 Jul 2014, 14:05:03 EST Wed, 09 Jul 2014, 14:05:54 EST Fri, 03 Oct 2014, 15:44:27 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Cited 2 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 596 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 01 May 2012, 13:20:30 EST by Jane Moschetti