Specificity of task constraints and effects of visual demonstrations and verbal instructions in directing learners' search during skill acquisition

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 295-305

  Al abood, Saleh A ^a   Davids, Keith ^a   Bennett, Simon J ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordination; Instructional constraints; Modeling; Relative motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0034904124     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890109601915     Document Type: Article

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