Frontal midline theta in the pre-shot phase of rifle shooting: Differences between experts and novices

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1463-1467

  Doppelmayr, M ^a   Finkenzeller, T ^a   Sauseng, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Attention; EEG; Frontal midline theta; Shooting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RIFLE SHOOTING; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIREARMS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 42749090481     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.12.026     Document Type: Article

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