Learning a new bimanual coordination pattern: Reciprocal influences of intrinsic and to-be-learned patterns

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Fontaine, Robert J ^a   Lee, Timothy D ^a   Swinnen, Stephan P ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; HUMANS; LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031091311     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1196-1961.51.1.1     Document Type: Article

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