Amount of mental practice and performance of a simple motor task

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 347-356

  Kremer, Peter ^a   Spittle, Michael ^a   McNeil, Dominic ^b   Shinners, Cassandra ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 75549085233     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.109.2.347-356     Document Type: Article

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