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Motor learning and control : concepts and applications / Richard A. Magill.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Edition: Ninth editionDescription: xiii, 466 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0073523801
  • 9780073523804
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 152.334 22
LOC classification:
  • BF295 .M36 2011
Contents:
The classification of motor skills -- The measurement of motor performance -- Motor abilities -- Neuromotor basis for motor control -- Motor control theories -- Sensory components of motor control -- Performance and motor control characteristics of functional skills -- Action preparation -- Attention as a limited capacity resource -- Memory components, forgetting, and strategies -- Defining and assessing learning -- The stages of learning -- Transfer of learning -- Demonstration and verbal instructions -- Augmented feedback -- Practice variability and specificity -- The amount and distribution of practice -- Whole and part practice -- Mental practice.
Summary: Designed for introductory students, this text provides the reader with a solid research base and defines difficult material by identifying concepts and demonstrating applications for each of those concepts.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 152.334 MAG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A517861B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The classification of motor skills -- The measurement of motor performance -- Motor abilities -- Neuromotor basis for motor control -- Motor control theories -- Sensory components of motor control -- Performance and motor control characteristics of functional skills -- Action preparation -- Attention as a limited capacity resource -- Memory components, forgetting, and strategies -- Defining and assessing learning -- The stages of learning -- Transfer of learning -- Demonstration and verbal instructions -- Augmented feedback -- Practice variability and specificity -- The amount and distribution of practice -- Whole and part practice -- Mental practice.

Designed for introductory students, this text provides the reader with a solid research base and defines difficult material by identifying concepts and demonstrating applications for each of those concepts.

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