Motor programming when sequencing multiple elements of the same duration

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 532-544

  Magnuson, Curt E ^a   Robin, Donald A ^b,c   Wright, David L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor learning; Motor programming; Sequence learning; Sequence length effect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; KINESTHESIA; LONG TERM MEMORY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 58149235247     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.40.6.532-544     Document Type: Article

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