Variability of practice and implicit motor learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 987-1006

  Wulf, Gabriele ^a   Schmidt, Richard A ^b  

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

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

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EID: 0031501360     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.4.987     Document Type: Article

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