Athletes have faster eye-hand visual reaction times and higher scores on visuospatial intelligence than nonathletes

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 871-874

  Akarsu, Sedi ^a   Çalişkan, Erkan ^b   Dane, Şenol ^c  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Athletes; Reaction time; Visuospatial intelligence

Indexed keywords

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT ACTIVITIES; VISUAL ABILITIES;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); HUMAN REACTION TIME;

FACE RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CATTEL CULTURE FAIR INTELLIGENCE TEST; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPORT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 73649086944     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-0809-44     Document Type: Article

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