(Ir)rationality in action: do soccer players and goalkeepers fail to learn how to best perform during a penalty kick?

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 174, Issue , 2009, Pages 97-108

  Bar Eli, Michael ^a   Azar, Ofer H ^a   Lurie, Yotam ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

behavioral economics; decision making; penalty; soccer; social rationality

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PHILOSOPHY; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPORT;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATIONALIZATION; RISK-TAKING; SOCCER; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 65649087833     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(09)01309-0     Document Type: Review

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