A Model of Motor Inhibition for a Complex Skill: Baseball Batting

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-105

  Gray, Rob ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

baseball; inhibition; motor control; visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650572503     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015591     Document Type: Article

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