MEMORY FOR THE FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE OF KARATE TECHNIQUES - A COMPARISON OF EXPERTS AND NOVICES

Karate techniques were presented in a pattern to a group of karate students, half experts and half novices. The frequency with which these techniques appeared varied from 0 through 11. The experts and novices did not differ in the accuracy with which they judged the frequency of the techniques, but the experts showed a significant advantage over the novices in recalling the techniques. The results indicate that memory for the frequency of observed actions is not affected by subject variables such as prior knowledge, a finding consistent with the conclusion that memory for frequency is based on automatic processes.