Does skill retention benefit from retentivity and symbolic rehearsal? - two studies with a simulated process control task

• Published in: Ergonomics Vol. 59; no. 5; pp. 641 - 656
• Main Authors: Kluge, Annette, Frank, Barbara, Maafi, Sanaz, Kuzmanovska, Aleksandra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 03.05.2016; Taylor & Francis LLC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Assessments; Computer simulation; Control tasks; Decay; Ergonomics; Female; Humans; Imagination; individual differences; Learning; Male; Memory; Practice (Psychology); Process control; Process controls; Retention; Retention (Psychology); Simulation; Skill decay; Skills; start-up mistakes; Studies; Tasks; Training; User-Computer Interface; Young Adult; memory; process control; Skill decay; start-up mistakes; individual differences

Two experiments were designed to compare two symbolic rehearsal refresher interventions (imaginary practice, a hidden introspective process) and investigate the role of retentivity in skill retention. Retentivity is investigated as the ability to memorise and reproduce information and associations t...