Visual versus kinesthetic mental imagery: Efficacy for the retention and transfer of a closed motor skill in young children

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 174-187

  Taktek, Khaled ^a   Zinsser, Nathaniel ^b   St John, Bob ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^c ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kinesthetic imagery; Mental imagery; Motor performance; Retention; Visual imagery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; KINESTHESIA; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 54549105893     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1196-1961.62.3.174     Document Type: Article

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