The Role of Knowledge of Results Frequency in Learning Through Observation

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-70

  Badets, Arnaud ^a   Blandin, Yannick ^a  

^a Lab d'Anal la Perf Motrice Hum   (France)

Author keywords

Motor learning; Observational learning; Relative frequency of knowledge of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 1242336766     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.36.1.62-70     Document Type: Article

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