Motor Learning and Control: Concepts and Applications - Hardcover

Magill, Richard A

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0072557222 ISBN 13: 9780072557220

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2003

Synopsis

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. Motor Learning and Control: Concepts and Applications also includes references for all relevant material to encourage students to examine the research for themselves.

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About the Author

Richard Magill is a professor in both the Department of Kinesiology and the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University. He received his Ph.D. in educational psychology from Florida State University with a specialization in motor learning. Earlier he received an M.Ed. from Temple University and a B.S. from Philedelphia College of Bible. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport from 1996-1999 having previously served as the section editor for motor learning. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Motor Behavior and has provided editorial assistance to numreous other motor learning journals around the world. Dr, Magill is widley published in refereed journals and has active in the service of Louisiana State University and numerous professional organizations. In April 1999 he was given the LSU Distinguished Faculty Award and in September he was the recipient of the endowed professorship, Helen “Bessie” Silverberg Pliner Professor in Kinesiology.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072557222
• ISBN 13: 9780072557220
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416