Optimal training design for procedural motor skills: A review and application to laparoscopic surgery

Psychological Research

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 878-891

  Spruit, Edward N ^a   Band, Guido P H ^a   Hamming, Jaap F ^b   Ridderinkhof, K Richard ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84886987801     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-013-0525-5     Document Type: Review

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