When does imagery practice enhance performance on a motor task?

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 651-658

  Bohan, Michael ^a   Pharmer, James A ^b   Stokes, Alan F ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033109254     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.88.2.651     Document Type: Article

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