Effects of contextual interference and conditions of movement task on acquisition, retention, and transfer of motor skills by women

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 179-193

  Jarus, Tal ^a,d   Wughalter, Emily H ^b   Gianutsos, John G ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MICROCOMPUTER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MICROCOMPUTERS; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0031065590     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.1.179     Document Type: Article

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