Limited persistence of the sensorimotor memory when transferred across prehension tasks

► We studied the persistence of sensorimotor memory when transferred across tasks. ► The memory from hefting scaled the lift force rates during a lift task after 10 sec. ► The memory from hefting decayed for a lift performed 20 minutes later. ► This may indicate weakened memory due to sensory signals from the tasks. ► The memory may be influenced by visual prior estimates of size-weight representation.