Communication anxiety and the acquisition of message-production skill

Communication Education

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 337-347

  Greene, John O ^a,b   Rucker, Mary P ^c   Zauss, Emily S ^c   Harris, Adam A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive interference; Learning rate; Power law; Practice; Skill

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032352170     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634529809379140     Document Type: Article

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