Testing specificity and guidance hypotheses by manipulating relative frequency of KR scheduling in motor skill acquisition

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 93, Issue 3 PART 1, 2001, Pages 819-824

  Goodwin, Jeff E ^a   Voll Jr , Craig A ^b   Eckerson, Joan M ^b  

^a THE CITADEL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SPORTS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0040621849     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2001.93.3.819     Document Type: Article

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