The role of expertise in tool use: Skill differences in functional action adaptations to task constraints

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 825-839

  Bril, Blandine ^a   Rein, Robert ^a   Nonaka, Tetsushi ^a   Wenban Smith, Francis ^b   Dietrich, Gilles ^c  

^a ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Expert novice; Skill; Stone knapping; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; KINETICS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AWARENESS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955798763     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018171     Document Type: Article

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