The automaticity of complex motor skill learning as a function of attentional focus

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1143-1154

  Wulf, Gabriele ^c   McNevin, Nancy ^a   Shea, Charles H ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 85047686488     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713756012     Document Type: Article

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