Experts Appear to Use Angle of Elevation Information in Basketball Shooting

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 750-761

  de Oliveira, Rita Ferraz ^a   Oudejans, Raôul R D ^a   Beek, Peter J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

angle of elevation; basketball shooting; expert; optical information; vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; DISABLED PERSON; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; BASKETBALL; DISABLED PERSONS; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; WHEELCHAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649132075     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013709     Document Type: Article

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