The effect of mental practice on performance in a sequential reaction time task

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-313

  Shanks, David R ^a   Cameron, Annabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mental practice; Reaction time; Sequence learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0033858550     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890009601381     Document Type: Article

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