Average KR Degrades Parameter Learning

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 371-381

  Wulf, Gabriele ^a   Schmidt, Richard A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized motor program; Knowledge of results; Motor learning; Movement parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0029966871     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.1996.10544606     Document Type: Article

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