Eye movements are not a prerequisite for learning movement sequence timing through observation

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 202-208

  Hayes, Spencer J ^a   Timmis, Matthew A ^b   Bennett, Simon J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Fixation; Motor timing; Observational practice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SERIAL LEARNING; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649354041     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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