Self-controlled feedback facilitates motor learning in both high and low activity individuals

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Fairbrother, Jeffrey T ^a   Laughlin, David D ^b   Nguyen, Timothy V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Huntingdon College   (United States)

^c DAVITA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback; Knowledge of results; Motor learning; Physical activity; Self control; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867072863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00323     Document Type: Article

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