Gestures in instructional animations: A helping hand to understanding non-human movements?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 683-689

  De Koning, Björn B ^a   Tabbers, Huib K ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIGHTNING; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 84884719967     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2937     Document Type: Article

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