A practice-specificity-based model of arousal for achieving peak performance

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 457-462

  Movahedi, Ahmadreza ^a   Sheikh, Mahmood ^b   Bagherzadeh, Fazlolah ^b   Hemayattalab, Rasool ^b   Ashayeri, Hassan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Motor learning; Peak performance; Practice specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE SPECIFICITY; SKILL RETENTION; SPORT COMPETITION ANXIETY TEST; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 36348976851     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JMBR.39.6.457-462     Document Type: Article

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