Beyond curve fitting: A dynamical systems account of exponential learning in a discrete timing task

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-207

  Liu, Yeou Teh ^a   Mayer Kress, Gottfried ^b   Newell, Karl M ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamical systems theory; Learning curve; Motor learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERAGING; CURVE FITTING; DISCRETE TIMING TASK; EXPONENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LEARNING; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VARIANCE;

EID: 0038301394     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890309602133     Document Type: Article

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