Anxiety, expertise, and visual search strategy in karate

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 362-375

  Williams, A Mark ^a   Elliott, David ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypervigilance; Peripheral narrowing; Skill; Visual scanning

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044486613     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.21.4.362     Document Type: Article

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