Practice makes transfer of motor skills imperfect

Psychological Research

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 611-625

  Boutin, Arnaud ^a   Badets, Arnaud ^a   Salesse, Robin N ^a   Fries, Udo ^b   Panzer, Stefan ^c   Blandin, Yannick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865627861     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-011-0355-2     Document Type: Article

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