Practice does not diminish the role of visual information in on-line control of a precision walking task: Support for the specificity of practice hypothesis

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-150

  Proteau, Luc ^a   Tremblay, Luc ^b   Dejaeger, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Motor control; Motor learning; Vision

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYELID CLOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); VISUAL INFORMATION; WALKING;

EID: 0031970844     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222899809601331     Document Type: Article

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