The serial reaction time task: Implicit motor skill learning?

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 38, 2007, Pages 10073-10075

  Robertson, Edwin M ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; REACTION TIME; SHORT SURVEY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL AID;

HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 34548825103     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2747-07.2007     Document Type: Short Survey

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