Acquisition and automatization of a complex task: An examination of three-ball cascade juggling

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-118

  Bebko, James M ^a   Demark, Jenny L ^a   Osborn, Patricia A ^a   Majumder, Shilpi ^a   Ricciuti, Christina J ^a   Rhee, Thomas ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Juggling; Learning; Psychomotor skill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUGGLING; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 0038301434     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222890309602126     Document Type: Article

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