Effect of practice on brain activity: An investigation in top-level rifle shooters

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1586-1593

  Di Russo, Francesco ^a,b   Pitzalis, Sabrina ^b   Aprile, Teresa ^a,b   Spinelli, Donatella ^a,b  

^a TUSM   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Athletes; Motor experience; Movement related cortical potentials; Readiness potentials; Source analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BEREITSHCAFTS POTENTIAL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR POTENTIAL; MOVEMENT RELATED CORTICAL PROTENTIAL; NEGATIVE SLOPE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANNING; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; REAFFERENT POSITIVITY; RELIABILITY; RIFLE SHOOTER; RIFLE SHOOTING; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOURCE ANALYSIS; SPORT; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR CORTEX; TRAINING; VARIANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BRAIN; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 25444462558     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000177458.71676.0d     Document Type: Article

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