Physical and observational practice afford unique learning opportunities

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-36

  Shea, Charles H ^a   Wright, David L ^a   Wulf, Gabriele ^b   Whitacre, Chad ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Motor learning; Observation practice; Social facilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034025042     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890009601357     Document Type: Article

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