Neural correlate of the contextual interference effect in motor learning: A kinematic analysis

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 232-242

  Winstein, Carolee ^a,c   Lin, Chien Ho ^a,b   Fisher, Beth ^a,c   Wu, Allan ^b   Ko, Yi An ^a   Lee, Lung Yee ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual interference; Kinematics; Motor learning; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEARNING; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749090359     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.41.3.232-242     Document Type: Article

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