Offline improvement during motor sequence learning is not restricted to developing motor chunks

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 317-324

  Wright, D ^a   Rhee, J H ^a   Vaculin, A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

enhancement consolidation; motor chunks; practice; procedural learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE;

HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77956537434     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2010.510543     Document Type: Article

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