How soccer players head the ball: A test of optic acceleration cancellation theory with virtual reality

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1479-1487

  McLeod, Peter ^a   Reed, Nick ^a   Gilson, Stuart ^b   Glennerster, Andrew ^c  

^a Department of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action; Movement; Virtual reality; Visuomotor

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCCER; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 44649187852     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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