When Does Haste Make Waste? Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff, Skill Level, and the Tools of the Trade

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-352

  Beilock, Sian L ^a   Bertenthal, Bennett I ^b   Hoerger, Michael ^c   Carr, Thomas H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

automaticity; expertise; skill acquisition; speed accuracy trade off

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GOLF; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249126643     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012859     Document Type: Article

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