Quantifying transfer after perceptual-motor sequence learning: how inflexible is implicit learning?

Psychological Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 327-343

  Sanchez, Daniel J ^a   Yarnik, Eric N ^a   Reber, Paul J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SERIAL LEARNING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896551194     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-014-0561-9     Document Type: Article

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