Motor imagery in typing: Effects of typing style and action familiarity

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-107

  Rieger, Martina ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Action familiarity; Motor imagery; Skill; Typing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856152659     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0178-6     Document Type: Article

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