Internal and external imagery perspective measurement and use in imagining open and closed sports skills: An exploratory study

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 387-404

  Spittle, Michael ^a   Morris, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; SPORT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTOR SKILLS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SPORTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34249849598     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.104.2.387-404     Document Type: Article

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