Learning through observation: A combination of expert and novice models favors learning

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 215, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 183-197

  Rohbanfard, Hassan ^a   Proteau, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action observation network; Motor learning; Observational learning; Timing task

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 82655187460     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-011-2882-x     Document Type: Article

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