Spacing practice sessions across days benefits the learning of motor skills

Human Movement Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 737-760

  Shea, Charles H ^a   Lai, Qin ^b   Black, Charles ^a   Park, Jin Hoon ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2300; 2343; Learning and memory; Memory consolidation; Motor learning; Motor processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038400555     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(00)00021-X     Document Type: Article

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