Contextual interference in complex bimanual skill learning leads to better skill persistence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Pauwels, Lisa ^a   Swinnen, Stephan P ^a   Beets, Iseult A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTEXTUAL INTERFERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SKILL RETENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; ADOLESCENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903534293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100906     Document Type: Article

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