Concurrent task performance enhances low-level visuomotor learning

Perception and Psychophysics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 513-522

  Roche, Richard A P ^a,b   Commins, Seán ^b   Agnew, Francis ^a   Cassidy, Sarah ^b   Corapi, Kristin ^a   Leibbrand, Sandra ^a   Lipson, Zoë ^a   Rickard, Jonathan ^a   Sorohan, Jean ^a   Wynne, Ciara ^b   O'Mara, Shane M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 34547838130     PISSN: 00315117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03193908     Document Type: Article

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