Does trait cognitive anxiety influence the learning of perceptual-motor skills in a contextual interference paradigm?

Journal of Human Movement Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-245

  Shewokis, P A ^a   Krane, V ^a   Snow, J ^a   Greenleaf, C ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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