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Perception, Cognition, and Decision Training

Information from Patla and Vickers who recorded the gaze of participants as they approached and stepped over obstacles of varying height.

Attention and Motor Skill Learning

Focusing on the goal allows the motor system to �spontaneously� produce effective movements.

Fundamentals of Motor Behavior

When we are compelled to act quickly, we can sometimes emphasize speed over accuracy and actually end up missing the goal of the task entirely.

Motor Control and Learning-5th Edition

Here, the author presents some of the evidence about the retention and retention loss of motor skills.

Motor Learning and Development eBook

Distribution of practice refers to the amount of practice during each period and the amount of rest between practice sessions in order to ensure optimal learning of motor skills (Magill, 2007).

Motor Control in Everyday Actions

How do product designs influence people to perform specific actions?

Perceptual-Motor Activities for Children With Web Resource

Do grapevine (crossover) steps from cone to cone. Along the way, touch each cone and say the letter shown on the card for that cone.

Perceptual-Motor Activities for Children eBook With Web Resource

Educators who want to help children develop to their full potential must educate the whole child by addressing physical, mental, and emotional needs. Many programs at elementary schools focus on academic and emotional development, but how many address children�s physical development?

Biomechanics of Skeletal Muscles

The �intrasarcomere� mechanisms, such as the actin�myosin interaction, are mentioned only in passing. It is assumed that the readers are familiar with these mechanisms from courses in muscle physiology.

Motor Learning and Performance 5th Edition With Web Study Guide

As you�ll recall from chapter 2, the movement programming stage is the third in the sequence of information-processing stages.

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Explanation of the three-step decision training model

The decision-training model has three steps and includes seven cognitive skills, seven cognitive triggers, and seven decision-training tools.

Feedback plays many roles in movement production and control

Learn more about various functions of feedback in movement control, such as how we can conceptualize these functions as acting before a movement, during a movement, and after a movement.

Cutting wood and missing putts

How are constant error, variable error, and absolute error useful for understanding motor control?