The acquisition of movement skills: Practice enhances the dynamic stability of bimanual coordination

Human Movement Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 499-529

  Smethurst, Christopher J ^a,b   Carson, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Feedback; Instructions; Skill acquisition; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY POSTURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PRONATION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SUPINATION;

EID: 0035511214     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(01)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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