Motor learning without doing: Trial-by-trial improvement in motor performance during mental training

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 774-783

  Gentili, Rodolphe ^a,b   Han, Cheol E ^c   Schweighofer, Nicolas ^d   Papaxanthis, Charalambos ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Department of Kinesiology ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; KINEMATICS; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EID: 77955970112     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00257.2010     Document Type: Article

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