The relationship between visual attention and expertise in sports

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 146-151

  Memmert, Daniel ^a   Simons, Daniel J ^b   Grimme, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Functional field of view task; Inattentional blindness task; Multiple object tracking task; Perception; Team ball sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549122812     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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