Effect of an audience on learning a novel motor skill

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 539-545

  Sawyer, Donald T ^a   Noel, Frederic J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034294685     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.91.2.539     Document Type: Article

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