Performing under pressure: The effects of physiological arousal, cognitive anxiety, and gaze control in biathlon

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 381-394

  Vickers, Joan N ^a   Williams, A Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Biathlon shooting; Choking; Expertise; Gaze control; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTENTION; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CANADA; COGNITION; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; GAZE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; EYE FIXATION; FITNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WINTER SPORT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SNOW SPORTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 35348869816     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.39.5.381-394     Document Type: Article

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