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Schmidt, R. C.; Richardson, Michael J.; Arsenault, Christine; Galantucci, Bruno – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2007
This study investigated the role that visual tracking plays in coupling rhythmic limb movements to an environmental rhythm. Two experiments were conducted in which participants swung a hand-held pendulum while tracking an oscillating stimulus or while keeping their eyes fixed on a stationary location directly above an oscillating stimulus. It…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Visual Stimuli, Spatial Ability, Perceptual Motor Learning
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Lyoka, Philemon A. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2007
This paper interrogates the role children's indigenous games of Africa can play in the development of fundamental movement skills relevant in modernized sports. On a daily basis, children in Africa play varieties of traditional games that vary between tribes, communities and distances. However, the efficacy of these games in the development of…
Descriptors: Movement Education, Play, Foreign Countries, African Studies
Atkinson, Michael L.; Allen, Vernon L. – 1980
Most social interactions involve spontaneous or unintentional behavior. Deliberate behavior, however, represents intentional action. An individual may display a particular emotion or behave in a systematic fashion to convey or conceal a specific type of affect. Often, an observer will question the authenticity of a behavior sequence, deciding…
Descriptors: Body Image, Body Language, Cognitive Processes, College Students