Testing promotes effector transfer

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 400-407

  Boutin, Arnaud ^a   Panzer, Stefan ^b   Salesse, Robin N ^c   Blandin, Yannick ^d,e  

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

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Effector transfer; Motor learning; Movement representation; Overfitting; Retrieval practice; Testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOVEMENT; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867632856     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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