"Markov at the bat": A model of cognitive processing in baseball batters

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 542-547

  Gray, Rob ^a,b  

^a Nissan USA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; COGNITION; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STUDENT; TIME;

ADULT; BASEBALL; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036835675     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00495     Document Type: Article

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