Implicit overcompensation: The influence of negative self-instructions on performance of a self-paced motor task

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1323-1331

  de la Peña, Derek ^a   Murray, Nicholas P ^b   Janelle, Christopher M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Ironic processes; Movement error; Putting; Self talk

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL TASK; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); SPORT; VISUAL STRESS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; GOLF; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 54049097095     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410802155138     Document Type: Article

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