Researchers tested simulations that required participants to practice psychomotor skills during cognitive load compared to conventional skills simulators that required only skills training. They found that participants in the simulation with both psychomotor skills and cognitive tasks performed significantly better than the control group in their learning curves and performance on a transfer task.
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