Memory, Attention & Transfer

• MEMORY & MOTOR LEARNING - Model of Fitts and Posner & Anderson (1984):

  • Important role of working memory and long term memory
  • Motor learning initially requires use and storage of declarative knowledge (verbal rules of movement)
  • Heavily depends on working memory
  • Learning -> procedural (implicit) knowledge accrues through chunking
• ATTENTION & MOTOR LEARNING - Attention as (limited) cognitive resource:

  • Early stage learning: skill execution requires a lot of attention
  • Separate steps, individually executed and focused upon
  • Chunking frees up attention
  • Internal (body, movement execution) to external focus (outcome of movement)
• MEMORY & MOTOR LEARNING: REINVESTMENT - Novice stage:

  Dependence on verbal rules:

  • Declarative/explicit memory
  • Working memory demanding
  • Internal focus of attention