The effects of practice on movement reproduction: Implications for models of motor control

Human Movement Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-114

  Ilic, D B ^a   Corcos, Daniel M ^b,c   Gottlieb, Gerald L ^c   Latash, Mark L ^d   Jaric, Slobodan ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Equilibrium point; Error; Human; Movement; Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 16144366255     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-9457(95)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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