Rebuttal to Ammar and Schöllhorn on “Comment on Czyż et al. (2024) on Contextual Interference in Motor Learning”
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https://doi.org/10.51224/SRXIV.437Keywords:
contextual interference, Retention, Motor learning, meta-analysis, systematic reviewAbstract
Given that the contextual interference phenomenon is one of the topics covered the most in motor learning studies, books, and guides for practitioners, it was not surprising that the meta-analysis on this subject would raise discussions and doubts. In this paper, we address the comments raised by Ammar and Schöllhorn, who asked us about specific issues related to our paper. We address their comments and shortly compare our meta-analysis with the one conducted by Ammar et al. (Ammar et al., 2023).
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