The increasing significance of how to learn motor skills

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 124-125

  Khan, Mansoor ^a   Widdowson, D ^a   Tiernan, E ^a  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TRAINING;

EID: 27944491174     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1743-9191(06)60068-X     Document Type: Article

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