Training perceptual-cognitive skills: Can sport psychology research inform military decision training?

Military Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Ward, Paul ^a   Farrow, Damian ^b   Harris, Kevin R ^a   Williams, A Mark ^c   Eccles, David W ^a   Ericsson, K Anders ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41849145314     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08995600701804814     Document Type: Article

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