The intention superiority effect in motor skill learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 491-505

  Badets, Arnaud ^a   Blandin, Yannick ^a   Bouquet, Cédric A ^a   Shea, Charles H ^b  

^a Centre de Recherches Sur la Cognition et l'Apprentissage   (France)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intention superiority effect; Motor skill learning; Prospective memory; Retrospective memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPUTER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH; TEACHING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLOR PERCEPTION; COMPUTERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTOR SKILLS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPEECH; TEACHING;

EID: 33745105341     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.3.491     Document Type: Article

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