Frequency of knowledge of results does not influence perceptual learning and retention in novices.

Inmotorlearningtheexaminationofknowledgeofresultsfrequencyisawell studied subject. However, to our best knowledge, no video-based perceptual train ingstudyhastestedtheinfluenceofknowledgeofresultsfrequencyonlearningand long-term retention. Therefore, in this study we examined the influence of four knowledgeofresultfrequencyschedulesonperceptuallearningandretentioninan anticipation task in Handball. Results did not reveal a significant interaction between learning or retention and knowledge of result conditions. However, even aftera7monthretentioninterval,participantsshowedbetterperformancesthanin pre-test conditions. Based on our results we conclude that concurrent visual infor mation cues seems more important than knowledge of results in perceptual learn ing of the handball task. To test this assumption in the future spatial and temporal occlusion paradigms are proposed.