Learning to use novel objects: A training study on the acquisition of novel action representations

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1304-1314

  van Elk, M ^a,b   Paulus, M ^a   Pfeiffer, C ^a,b   van Schie, H T ^c   Bekkering, H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action observation; Action representations; End location; Grip; Novel objects

Indexed keywords

ACTION REPRESENTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NOVEL OBJECT; OBJECT MANIPULATION; ODOR; REACTION TIME; SOUND; STIMULATION;

FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054869673     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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