An assessment of the attention demands during random- and blocked-practice schedules

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 591-606

  Li, Yuhua ^b   Wright, David L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034180135     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755890     Document Type: Article

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