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====Motor movement==== Wohldmann, Healey, and Bourne found that Retroactive Interference also affects the retention of motor movements.<ref name = Wohldmann>{{cite journal | last1 = Wohldmann | first1 = E.L. | last2 = Healy | first2 = A.F. | last3 = Bourne | first3 = Jr. | year = 2008 | title = A mental practice superiority effect: Less retroactive interference and more transfer than physical practice | journal = Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition | volume = 34 | issue = 4| pages = 823β833 | doi=10.1037/0278-7393.34.4.823| pmid = 18605871 }}</ref> Researchers found that retroactive interference affects the performance of old motor movements when newly acquired motor movements are practiced.<ref name="Wohldmann"/> Physical practice of newly executed motor movements decreased the retention and recall of previously learned movements.<ref name="Wohldmann"/> Despite the retroactive interference noted by Wohldmann et al., researchers noted that mental practice decreased the amount of retroactive interference, suggesting that mental practice is more flexible and durable over time.<ref name="Wohldmann"/> This study of the superiority effect of physical practice is similar to the [[Word Superiority Effect]] made famous by Cattell.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Cattell | first1 = J. M. | year = 1886 | title = The time it takes to see and name objects | url = https://zenodo.org/record/1707687| journal = Mind | volume = 11 | issue = 41| pages = 63β65 | doi = 10.1093/mind/os-XI.41.63 }}</ref>
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