Watch me if you can: Imagery ability moderates observational learning effectiveness

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Lawrence, Gavin ^a   Callow, Nichola ^a   Roberts, Ross ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action observation; Form tasks; Gymnastics; Motor learning; Skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885046337     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00522     Document Type: Article

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