Game management, context effects, and calibration: The case of yellow cards in soccer

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-109

  Unkelbach, Christian ^a   Memmert, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Decision processes; Judgmental biases; Refereeing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SPORT; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; GERMANY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; SOCCER; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 44649144574     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.30.1.95     Document Type: Article

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