Dimensional change in motor learning

Human Movement Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 695-715

  Newell, Karl M ^a   Vaillancourt, David E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degrees of freedom; Dimension; Motor learning; Task constraints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFANT; KINESTHESIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; HUMANS; INFANT; KINESTHESIS; MOTOR SKILLS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREMOR;

EID: 0035510836     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(01)00073-2     Document Type: Article

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