Information, affordances, and the control of action in sport

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-107

  Fajen, Brett R ^a   Riley, Michael A ^b   Turvey, Michael T ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Affordances; Ecological psychology; Interceptive actions; Perception action coupling

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749111497     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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