Time scales in motor learning and development

Psychological Review

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-82

  Newell, Karl M ^b   Liu, Yeou Teh ^a   Mayer Kress, Gottfried ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; TIME;

COGNITION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035229321     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.108.1.57     Document Type: Article

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