Attention and motor skill learning
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Attention and motor skill learning
Human Kinetics, c2007
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-202) and index
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Contents of Works
- Attentional focus and the learning process
- Internal versus external focus instructions
- Internal versus external focus feedback
- Advantages of attentional focus on the movement effect
- Level of expertise
- Suprapostural tasks
- Special populations
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A text for graduate-level courses and seminars and for upper-level undergraduate motor behavior and cognitive psychology courses. A reference for motor behavior and human movement specialists and researchers; instructional strategies and pedagogy instructors; sport psychologists; physical education and adapted PE teachers; coaches; music teachers; and physical, rehabilitation, and occupational therapists.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Attentional Focus and the Learning Process
Motor Skill Learning Stages
Attentional Resources
Summary
Chapter 2: Internal Versus External Focus Instructions
First Experimental Evidence
Sport Skill Learning
Other Skills
Distance Effects
Individual Differences
Performance Versus Learning
Summary
Chapter 3: Internal Versus External Focus Feedback
Attentional Focus and Concurrent Feedback
Sport Skill Learning
Theoretical Implications
Summary
Chapter 4: Advantages of Attentional Focus on the Movement Effect
Not Focusing on the Movement or Focusing on the Movement Effect
Constrained Action Hypothesis
Attentional Focus and the Stages of Learning
Preconditions for External Focus Benefits
Summary
Chapter 5: Level of Expertise
Instruction and Feedback in Novice Motor Learning and Performance
Instruction and Feedback in Expert Motor Learning and Performance
Action Control and Attentional Focus
Optimal Attentional Focus
Summary
Chapter 6: Suprapostural Tasks
Type of Attentional Focus
Type of Attentional Focus and Enhanced Learning of Balance Tasks
Summary
Chapter 7: Special Populations
Children
Aging
Parkinson's Disease
Stroke
Speech Disorders
Summary
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