Differential transfer benefits of increased practice for constant, blocked, and serial practice schedules

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 353-365

  Giuffrida, Clare G ^a   Shea, John B ^b   Fairbrother, Jeffrey T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amount of practice; Contextual interference; Generalized motor program; Movement parameters; Variable practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SKILL;

HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036890317     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890209601953     Document Type: Article

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