Effector dependent sequence learning in the serial RT task

Psychological Research

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 242-251

  Verwey, Willem B ^a,b   Clegg, Benjamin A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Inst F Arbeitsphysiologie An D   (Germany)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; POSTURE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 15544371626     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-004-0181-x     Document Type: Article

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