Ecological approaches to cognition and action in sport and exercise: Ask not only what you do, but where you do it

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-37

  Araújo, Duarte ^a   Davids, Keith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barker; Bronfenbrenner; Brunswik; Direct perception; Dynamical systems; Gibson; Mental representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749117270     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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