The serial reaction time task revisited: A study on motor sequence learning with an arm-reaching task

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-155

  Moisello, Clara ^a,b   Crupi, Domenica ^a,c   Tunik, Eugene ^d   Quartarone, Angelo ^c   Bove, Marco ^b   Tononi, Giulio ^e   Ghilardi, M Felice ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Explicit learning; Implicit learning; Incidental learning; Intentional learning; Motor strategy; Movement time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 62149119931     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1681-5     Document Type: Article

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