Influence of motor learning on utilizing path redundancy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 469, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 416-420

  Ranganathan, Rajiv ^a   Newell, Karl M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Path redundancy; Sequential structure; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

COMPUTERS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649136777     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.12.041     Document Type: Article

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