Cognitive Processes Underlying Observational Learning of Motor Skills

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 957-979

  Blandin, Yannick ^a   Lhuisset, Léna ^a   Proteau, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0041375009     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755856     Document Type: Article

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