Neuro-cognitive activity during a self-paced visuospatial task: Comparative EEG profiles in marksmen and novice shooters

Biological Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 131-160

  Haufler, Amy J ^a   Spalding, Thomas W ^b   Santa Maria, D L ^a   Hatfield, Bradley D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha; Efficiency; Expert novice; Hemispheric asymmetry; Marksmanship; Performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FIREARM; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIREARMS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033848806     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(00)00047-8     Document Type: Article

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