Directing attention to movement effects enhances learning: A review

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 648-660

  Wulf, Gabriele ^a   Prinz, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY);

ATTENTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0035755316     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196201     Document Type: Review

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