Learner-controlled self-observation is advantageous for motor skill acquisition

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2013, Pages

  Ste Marie, Diane M ^a   Vertes, Kelly A ^a   Law, Barbi ^b   Rymal, Amanda M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrinsic motivation; Observational learning; Self control; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874712668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00556     Document Type: Article

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