Anxiety-induced changes in movement behaviour during the execution of a complex whole-body task

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 421-445

  Pijpers, J R ^a   Oudejans, Raôul R D ^a   Bakker, Frank C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 17644364405     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980343000945     Document Type: Article

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