Age-related changes in motor imagery from early childhood to adulthood: Probing the internal representation of speed-accuracy trade-offs

Human Movement Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1151-1162

  Smits Engelsman, Bouwien C M ^a,b   Wilson, Peter H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fitts Law; Handedness; Motor development; Motor imagery; Motor skill

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR IMAGERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISION; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889602452     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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