Neurocognitive contributions to motor skill learning: The role of working memory

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 445-453

  Seidler, Rachael D ^a   Bo, Jin ^b   Anguera, Joaquin A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

sensorimotor adaptation; sequence learning; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COGNITION; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR SKILLS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SERIAL LEARNING;

EID: 84871420785     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2012.672348     Document Type: Review

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