A Shift in Task Routines During the Learning of a Motor Skill: Group-Averaged Data May Mask Critical Phases in the Individuals' Acquisition of Skilled Performance

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1544-1551

  Adi Japha, Esther ^a,b   Karni, Avi ^c   Parnes, Ariel ^d   Loewenschuss, Iris ^b,e   Vakil, Eli ^b,e  

^a School of Education

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e Department of Psychology ^*

Author keywords

procedural learning; sequence learning; strategy change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERIAL LEARNING; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449121182     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013217     Document Type: Article

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