External distraction and attentional narrowing: Visual search evidence

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-91

  Janelle, Christopher M ^a   Singer, Robert N ^a   Williams, A Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional narrowing; Distraction; Dual task paradigm; Visual search patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033241409     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.21.1.70     Document Type: Article

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