Even a substantially increased declarative-load intervening task placed late in training does not impair the post-rest gain (Experiment 2)¶

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q3 i? In Experiment 2, increasing the cued-recall task from 20 to 70 word pairs (14 minutes) still yielded no group difference in post-rest RT gain. → Mohan W. Gupta and Timothy C. Rickard 2025

Evidence¶

Mohan W. Gupta and Timothy C. Rickard 2025¶

Mohan W. Gupta and Timothy C. Rickard. (2025). The Effects of Declarative Learning on Early and Late Motor Skill Learning. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00386-3

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Experiment 2: 105 undergraduates; the cued-recall group studied and was tested on 70 word pairs (14 minutes) versus 20 in Experiment 1. The key post-rest gain test showed "no significant difference between groups, t(103) = -0.55, p = .59, d = -0.075, BF01 = 4.24", with the Bayes factor again favoring the null.

"Taking the RT difference between the last two trials of training and the two test trials, we found no significant difference between groups, t(103) = -0.55, p = .59, d = -0.075, BF01 = 4.24"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Long-Term Memory — outcome: instruction changes it

A declarative task placed early in training is associated with a small, transient reduction in post-rest gain (Experiment 3), with only weak statistical support — related
An intervening declarative cued-recall task placed late in finger-tapping training does not reduce the post-rest performance gain (Experiment 1) — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
No significant association exists between intervening-task performance and post-rest motor gain in any experiment — related
The timing of acute exercise relative to learning modulates memory consolidation — related
Neither consolidation-disruption nor breakdown-of-inhibition hypotheses are supported for the finger-tapping task; only tenuous support exists for the resource hypothesis — a broader claim this one bears on

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`title`	`Even a substantially increased declarative-load intervening task placed late in training does not impair the post-rest gain (Experiment 2)`
`description`	`Even a substantially increased declarative-load intervening task placed late in training does not impair the post-rest gain (Experiment 2)`
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