Manipulating generalized motor program difficulty during blocked and random practice does not affect parameter learning

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 32-38

  Wright, David L ^a   Shea, Charles H ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual interference; Memory; Motor learning; Schema theory

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; GOALS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035286790     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2001.10608929     Document Type: Article

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