Self-Control of task difficulty during training enhances motor learning of a complex coincidence-anticipation task

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-35

  Andrieux, Mathieu ^a   Danna, Jérémy ^a   Thon, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Challenge point hypothesis; Information processing; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859230327     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2012.10599822     Document Type: Article

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