MOTOR LEARNING CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS

• Main Author: Magill, Richard A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, Mass. McGraw-Hill 2001
• Edition: Print book : English : 6th edition
• Subjects: Motor learning > Textbooks; Motor Skills; Learning
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Each chapter begins with a concept statement that identifies the primary topics or principles discussed in the chapter.

Table of Contents:

• I. Introduction to motor skills and abilities
• The classification of motor skills
• Motor abilities
• The measurement of motor performance
• II. Introduction to motor control
• Motor control theories
• Performance characteristics of complex skills
• Proprioception and vision
• Action preparation
• III. Attention and memory
• Attention as a limited capacity resource
• Visual selective attention
• Memory components, forgetting, and strategies. IV. Introduction to motor skill learning
• Defining and assessing learning
• The stages of learning
• Predicting performance for later learning stages
• Transfer of learning
• V. Instruction and augmented feedback
• Demonstration and verbal instructions
• The effect of augmented feedback on skill learning
• The content of augmented feedback
• The timing of augmented feedback
• VI. Practice conditions
• Practice variability
• Practice distribution
• The amount of practice
• Whole and part practice
• Mental practice.