Self-controlled amount of practice benefits learning of a motor skill

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 474-481

  Post, Phillip G ^a   Fairbrother, Jeffrey T ^b   Barros, Joao A C ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor learning; Object projection; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; APTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053989530     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2011.10599780     Document Type: Article

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