Beyond Curve Fitting to Inferences about Learning

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-238

  Liu, Yeou Teh ^a   Mayer Kress, Gottfried ^b   Newell, Karl M ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic systems; Learning curve; Motor learning

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENT; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; STANDARD; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2342446601     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.36.2.233-238     Document Type: Review

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