Are better eye movements an advantage in ball games? A study of prosaccadic and antisaccadic eye movements

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 546-552

  Lenoir, Matthieu ^a   Crevits, Luc ^b   Goethals, Maarten ^b   Wildenbeest, Joanne ^b   Musch, Eliane ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SPORT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; SPORTS;

EID: 0034297926     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.91.2.546     Document Type: Article

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