Practice makes perfect, and 'overlearning' locks it in

Practice makes perfect, and 'overlearning' locks it in 02/03/2017 12:20 PM EST People who continued to train on a visual task for 20 minutes past the point of mastery locked in that learning, shielding it from interference by new learning, a new study in Nature Neuroscience shows. Full story at https://news.brown.edu/articles/2017/01/overlearn Source Brown University This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111