Task characteristics and the contextual interference effect

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-37

  Darren Kruiselbrink, L ^a   van Gyn, Geraldine H ^b  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECREATION;

ATTENTION; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053618767     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/22.PMS.113.4.19-37     Document Type: Article

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