Mental practice and the retention of motor learning: A pilot study

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 888-896

  Spittle, Michael ^a   Kremer, Peter ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956210134     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.110.3.888-896     Document Type: Article

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