Twenty years of "hot hand" research: Review and critique

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 525-553

  Bar Eli, Michael ^a   Avugos, Simcha ^a   Raab, Markus ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Hot hand; Review; Sport; Streaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748936331     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2006.03.001     Document Type: Review

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