Training with anxiety has a positive effect on expert perceptual-motor performance under pressure

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1631-1647

  Oudejans, Raôul R D ^a   Pijpers, J Rob ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acclimatization hypothesis; Basketball free throws; Darts; Processing efficiency theory; Self focused attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349117005     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802557702     Document Type: Article

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