Haste does not always make waste: Expertise, direction of attention, and speed versus accuracy in performing sensorimotor skills

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 373-379

  Beilock, Sian L ^a   Bertenthal, Bennett I ^b   McCoy, Annette M ^c   Carr, Thomas H ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; HUMAN; LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; HUMANS; LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 4644343806     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196585     Document Type: Article

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