Explicit pre-training instruction does not improve implicit perceptual-motor sequence learning

Cognition

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-351

  Sanchez, Daniel J ^a   Reber, Paul J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit; Memory; Perceptual motor; Sequence learning; Skill

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MEMORY; PERCEPTUAL MOTOR SEQUENCE LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871849156     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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