Evidence for lasting sequence segmentation in the discrete sequence-production task

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-181

  Verwey, Willem B ^a,b,c   Eikelboom, Teun ^b  

^a Institute for Occupational Safety and Health   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discrete sequence production; Motor skills; Movement sequences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; DISCRETE SEQUENCE PRODUCTION TASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT SEQUENCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEQUENCE LENGTH EFFECT; SEQUENCE SEGMENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0038301390     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890309602131     Document Type: Article

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