Physical-Guidance Benefits in Learning a Complex Motor Skill

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 367-380

  Wulf, Gabriele ^a   Shea, Charles H ^b   Whitacre, Chad A ^b  

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

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor learning; Physical guidance; Ski simulator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIING;

EID: 0031703655     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222899809601351     Document Type: Article

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