Observation and physical practice: Coding of simple motor sequences

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1111-1123

  Gruetzmacher, Nicole ^a   Panzer, Stefan ^b   Blandin, Yannick ^c   Shea, Charles H ^d  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effector transfer; Motor learning; Observational learning; Representation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STUDENT; TIME PERCEPTION; VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPACE PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; TIME PERCEPTION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79958096623     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2010.543286     Document Type: Article

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