The Role of Eye and Head Movements in Detecting Information About Fly Balls

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1515-1523

  Bongers, Raoul M ^a,b   Michaels, Claire F ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

eye movements; fly balls; head movements; information pickup; perceptual systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; REACTION TIME; RUNNING; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; REACTION TIME; RUNNING; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749182040     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0011974     Document Type: Article

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