Unreflective actions? complex motor skill acquisition to enhance spatial cognition

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 349-359

  Moreau, David ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; Complex motor skills; Embodied cognition; Motor cognition; Neuroplasticity; Spatial ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923358321     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: 15728676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-014-9376-9     Document Type: Article

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