Scheduling observational and physical practice: Influence on the coding of simple motor sequences

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1260-1273

  Ellenbuerger, Thomas ^a   Boutin, Arnaud ^a   Blandin, Yannick ^b   Shea, Charles H ^c   Panzer, Stefan ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effector transfer; Motor learning; Movement representation; Observational learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; OBSERVATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864686938     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.654126     Document Type: Article

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