Variability in motor learning: Relocating, channeling and reducing noise

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-83

  Cohen, R G ^a   Sternad, D ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor learning; Noise; Sensitivity; Skill acquisition; Variability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NOISE REDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449104956     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1596-1     Document Type: Article

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